Why Doesn't the Netherlands Speak German?

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Traces the Low Franconian dialect continuum and the political history that fixed the Dutch standard; accurate and well argued.

How Dutch became a separate standard language rather than a German dialect.

Video by History With Hilbert, played through YouTube's embedded player.