''Genootschap Onze Taal'' ('Society Our Language') is a Dutch society dedicated to the

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. '' Afrikaan ...

. It was founded in 1931, initially to guard the language against what was then seen as creeping invasion of Germanisms into the language. The society publishes a journal, ''Onze Taal'', and a number of regularly appearing booklets on spelling, the most notable of which is the ''

White Booklet Witte Boekje (English: ''White Booklet'') is the popular name for the Spelling Guide of Our Language (Spellingwijzer Onze Taal), a publication of the Genootschap Onze Taal. The first edition was released in October 1998; the latest edition is the ...

''. It also has an advisory service, the ''Taaladviesdienst''.

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Genootschap Onze Taal website
1931 establishments in the Netherlands Dutch language advocacy organizations {{Netherlands-stub