Indo-European family
Dutch
1500 CE – today Living
Dutch (1500 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. It has 1 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Germanic → Proto-West-Germanic → Old Dutch → Middle Dutch → Dutch.
See Dutch on the interactive map- Speakers
- 25M (25,000,000)
- ISO 639-3
- nld
- Glottocode
- dutc1256
Modern Dutch, standardized from the 16th–17th centuries (States Bible, 1637). Includes Flemish varieties in Belgium.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE – 500 CE
- Proto-West-Germanic200 CE – 700 CE
- Old Dutchc. 500 CE – 1150 CE
- Middle Dutchc. 1150 CE – 1500 CE
- Dutch1500 CE – today