<P> In both Belgium and the Netherlands , the native official name for Dutch is Nederlands , and its dialects have their own names , e.g. Hollands ( `` Hollandic '' ) , West - Vlaams ( `` West Flemish '' ) , Brabants ( `` Brabantian '' ) . Sometimes Vlaams ( `` Flemish '' ) is used as well to describe Standard Dutch in Flanders . Over time , the Dutch language has been known under a variety of names . In Middle Dutch Dietsc , Duutsc or Duitsc was used . It derived from the Old Germanic word theudisk , which literarily means `` popular '' or `` belonging to the populace '' . In Western Europe the term was used for the language of the local Germanic populace as opposed to Latin , the non-native language of writing and the Catholic Church . In the first text in which it is found , dating from 784 , theodisce refers to Anglo - Saxon , the West Germanic dialects of Britain . Although in Britain the name Englisc replaced theodisce on an early age , speakers of West Germanic in other parts of Europe kept on using it as a reference to their local speech . </P>
<P> In both Belgium and the Netherlands , the native official name for Dutch is Nederlands , and its dialects have their own names , e.g. Hollands ( `` Hollandic '' ) , West - Vlaams ( `` West Flemish '' ) , Brabants ( `` Brabantian '' ) . Sometimes Vlaams ( `` Flemish '' ) is used as well to describe Standard Dutch in Flanders . Over time , the Dutch language has been known under a variety of names . In Middle Dutch Dietsc , Duutsc or Duitsc was used . It derived from the Old Germanic word theudisk , which literarily means `` popular '' or `` belonging to the populace '' . In Western Europe the term was used for the language of the local Germanic populace as opposed to Latin , the non-native language of writing and the Catholic Church . In the first text in which it is found , dating from 784 , theodisce refers to Anglo - Saxon , the West Germanic dialects of Britain . Although in Britain the name Englisc replaced theodisce on an early age , speakers of West Germanic in other parts of Europe kept on using it as a reference to their local speech . </P>
where are you from if you speak dutch
where are you from if you speak dutch
the Netherlands
the Netherlands