present ▁t ense ▁den kt ), ▁but ▁regular ▁open de ▁did ▁not ▁become ▁* op end ▁ ▁because ▁it ▁would ▁become ▁ind ist ingu ish able ▁from ▁op ent . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 5 th ▁century ▁at ▁the ▁earliest , ▁▁ ▁begins ▁to ▁disappear ▁when ▁between ▁a ▁non - short ▁v owel ▁and ▁a ▁sch wa . ▁ ▁The ▁actual ▁outcome ▁of ▁this ▁change ▁differ ed ▁between ▁dialect s . ▁In ▁the ▁more ▁northern ▁vari eties ▁and ▁in ▁Holland , ▁the ▁ ▁was ▁simply ▁lost , ▁along ▁with ▁any ▁sch wa ▁that ▁followed ▁it : ▁lu y den ▁> ▁lui , ▁la de ▁> ▁la , ▁med e ▁> ▁me e . ▁In ▁the ▁sout heast , ▁inter v ocal ic ▁ ▁instead ▁often ▁became ▁: ▁med e ▁> ▁me ej . ▁ ▁The ▁change ▁was ▁not ▁applied ▁consist ently , ▁and ▁even ▁in ▁modern ▁Dutch ▁today ▁many ▁words ▁have ▁been ▁retained ▁in ▁both ▁forms . ▁In ▁some ▁cases ▁the ▁forms ▁with ▁lost ▁ ▁were ▁perce ived ▁as ▁un ed uc ated ▁and ▁disappeared ▁again , ▁such ▁as ▁in ▁Nederland ▁and ▁ne er , ▁both ▁from ▁n eder ▁( the ▁form ▁Ne er land ▁does ▁exist , ▁but ▁is ▁rather ▁arch a ic ▁in ▁modern ▁Dutch ). ▁ ▁Dia lect s ▁ ▁Middle ▁Dutch ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁single ▁hom ogen ous ▁language . ▁The ▁language ▁differ ed ▁by ▁area , ▁with ▁different ▁areas ▁having ▁a ▁different ▁pron unci ation ▁and ▁often ▁using ▁different ▁voc ab ul ary . ▁The ▁dialect ▁areas