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Van Rossum
Van Rossum is a Dutch language, Dutch toponymic surname. Rossum could refer to a number of places, including Rossum, Gelderland, Rossum, Overijssel and in Flemish Brabant. at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. People with this surname include: *Eric van Rossum (born 1963), Dutch footballer * (1856–1917), Dutch landscape painter and etcher * (born 1939), Belgian composer and pianist * (born 1947), German historian *Guido van Rossum (born 1956), Dutch computer programmer and author of the Python programming language *Henk van Rossum (1919–2017), Dutch Reformed Political Party politician * (1809–1873), Dutch partner of Princess Marianne of the Netherlands *Just van Rossum (born 1966), Dutch typeface designer and computer programmer, brother of Gui ... [...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] |
