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Anthonie Monier
Anthonie is a Dutch and masculine given name transliterated from Antonius in use in the Netherlands, Greenland, Suriname, Republic of Karelia, South Africa, Namibia, Belgium and Indonesia. The same spelling is a Norwegian feminine given name that is an alternate name to Antonie in use in Norway. The spellings Antonie and Anthonij were basically interchangeable in Dutch until the 19th century. Notable people with the name include: *Anthonie Andriessen (1746–1813), Dutch landscape and genre painter *Anthonie Beerstraaten (1646–aft.1664), Dutch landscape and genre painter * Anthonie Blocklandt van Montfoort (1533–1583), Dutch painter *Anthonie van Borssom (1631–1677), Dutch landscape painter * Anthonie Jansz. van der Croos (1606–1662), Dutch painter * Anthonie Crussens (c. 1635 – 1665), Flemish draughtsman and printmaker * Anthonie van Dale (1638–1708), Dutch Mennonite preacher, physician and writer *Anthonie van Diemen (1593–1645), Governor-General of the Dutch East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. ''Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language spoken country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
