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Also known as Steenkolenengels, Negels, Denglish, Dutchlish, Dinglish, Coal English

Dunglish (portmanteau of Dutch and English; in , literally: "coal-English") is a popular term for an English spoken with a mixture of Dutch. It is often viewed pejoratively due to certain typical mistakes that native Dutch speakers, particularly those from the Netherlands, make when speaking English. The term is first recorded in 1965, with other colloquial portmanteau words including Denglish (recorded from 1983), Dutchlish (1986), and Dinglish (2003).

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Instance of
mixed language
Subclass of
Dutch
Country
Belgium
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influenced by
English language
writing system
Latin script
indigenous to
Flanders
native label
Steenkolenengels
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  • Compound nouns written as one word
  • Verb conjugation
  • Errors in pronunciation
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Dunglish (portmanteau of Dutch and English; in , literally: "coal-English") is a popular term for an English spoken with a mixture of Dutch. It is often viewed pejoratively due to certain typical mistakes that native Dutch speakers, particularly those from the Netherlands, make when speaking English. The term is first recorded in 1965, with other colloquial portmanteau words including Denglish (recorded from 1983), Dutchlish (1986), and Dinglish (2003).

English instruction in the Netherlands and Flanders, the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, begins at an early age and continues as a basic school subject thereafter, with a number of university courses and programs entirely in English. English-language films are usually subtitled rather than dubbed. This education and exposure results in a relatively high general competence in English, yet mistakes are made.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dunglish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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