nldTechnical information about ISO 639 language code nld
The table below provides technical details for the Dutch, Flemish language, designated by the nld code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Dutch, Flemish Native Nederlands |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | HollandicBrabantianZeelandicWest FlemishEast FlemishLimburgishDutch Low Saxon |
| Related languages | AfrikaansGermanWest FrisianLow GermanLuxembourgish |
| Key facts | Belongs to the West Germanic branch of the Indo-European familyIts standardized form began to crystallize during the 17th-century Dutch Golden AgeThe digraph “ij” was historically treated as a single letter and still has distinct collation rulesDutch vocabulary contributed nautical terms like “yacht” and “skipper” to global EnglishCompounding is productive, allowing very long single-word expressions such as “meervoudigepersoonlijkheidsstoornis.” |
| Sample phrase | Hallo, hoe gaat het met je? |
| Character encodings | ISO 8859-1, ISO 8859-15, Windows 1252, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32 |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Dutch, Flemish language, identified by the code nld, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
The ISO 639-2 standard offers two codes for the Dutch, Flemish language: nld for terminology purposes and dut for bibliographic uses.
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