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Jonker Street
Jonker () is a Dutch surname. It is also a variation of the title jonkheer. The name can be occupational of origin, indicating an ancestor who was or worked for a jonkheer, or toponymical, e.g. referring to a house named ''De Jonker''. at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. People with the surname include: * (born 1962), Dutch football player and manager * (1933–1991), South African racing cyclist * |
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] |
Louis Jonker
Professor Louis C. Jonker (born 1962 in Riversdale, Western Cape, Riversdal, Western Cape province) is a South African Biblical scholar and writer. Education After his secondary school training at Point High School in Mossel Bay, he studied at the University of Stellenbosch where he received a BA (Hebrew and Greek) Cum Laude in 1982, an HonsBA (Semitic languages) Cum Laude 1983, a BTh Cum Laude 1986; and a Lic. in Theology Cum Laude in 1987; He completed his Masters studies on a Hebrew language-related topic, receiving a MA (Semitic Languages) Cum Laude 1986, with a thesis "'n Sintakties-semantiese studie na die partisipium aktief in I Konings". His interest in exegetical methodology and hermeneutics prompted him to enroll for a Doctorate in Old Testament studies. After doing research at the University of Tübingen (Germany) and the University of Leiden (The Netherlands), he completed his doctoral degree in 1993. His thesis "Exclusivity and variety : a typological study towards t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
