dumTechnical information about ISO 639 language code dum
The table below provides technical details for the Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350) language, designated by the dum code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350) |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | FlemishBrabantianHollandicLimburgish |
| Related languages | Modern DutchAfrikaansLow SaxonWest Frisian |
| Key facts | Ancestor of both Modern Dutch and AfrikaansFirst sizeable secular literature in the Low Countries was written in Middle Dutch, including the animal epic ‘Van den vos Reynaerde’Spelling was highly phonetic and varied from scribe to scribe because no orthographic standard existedSurviving legal and commercial documents in Middle Dutch give linguists detailed insight into medieval urban lifeThe language shows the transition of West Germanic consonant and vowel shifts that shaped later Dutch phonology |
| Sample phrase | Goeden daghe, hoe gaet di? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350) language, identified by the code dum, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Historical' by its type.
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