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Ab (given Name)
Ab is a Dutch language, Dutch and English language, English (primarily Canadian) masculine given name. It usually is short form (hypocorism) of Albert (given name), Albert and occasionally of Abraham or Abbott (other), Abbott. The following people have a full name "Albert(us)", except where noted: *Ab Baars (born 1955), Dutch jazz saxophonist and clarinetist *Ab van Bemmel (1912–1986), Dutch boxer *Ab Box (1909–2000), Canadian football player *Albert Campbell (Canadian politician), Ab Campbell (1910–1973), Canadian (Toronto) politician *Ab Conway (1914–2001), Canadian middle-distance runner *Ab DeMarco (1916–1989), Canadian ice hockey player *Ab DeMarco, Jr. (born 1949), Canadian ice hockey player *Ab Doderer (1926–?), Dutch chauffeur and kidnapping victim *Ab Douglas (born 1950), Dutch sports sailor *Ab van Egmond (born 1938), Dutch road cyclist *Ab Ekels (born 1950), Dutch sports sailor *Ab Fafié (1941–2012), Dutch footballer *Albertus Geldermans, Ab Gelder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the List of languages by total number of speakers, third most spoken Germanic language. In Europe, Dutch is the native language of most of the population of the Netherlands and Flanders (which includes 60% of the population of Belgium). "1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." (page 153). Dutch was one of the official languages of South Africa until 1925, when it was replaced by Afrikaans, a separate but partially Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible daughter language of Dutch. Afrikaans, depending on the definition used, may be considered a sister language, spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, and evolving from Cape Dutch dialects. In South America, Dutch is the native l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
