The history of Dutch orthography covers the changes in spelling of Dutch both in the Netherlands itself and in the Dutch-speaking region of Flanders in Belgium.
Read more about History Of Dutch Orthography: Dutch Spelling in The Middle Ages, The Siegenbeek Spelling (1804, The Netherlands), The Willems Spelling (1844, Belgium), The De Vries and Te Winkel Spelling (1864, Belgium; 1883, The Netherlands), The Marchant Spelling (1934, The Netherlands), The Spelling Reform of 1946 (Flanders) and 1947 (The Netherlands), The Spelling Reform of 1996 (The Netherlands and Flanders), The Spelling Reform of 2006 (The Netherlands and Flanders)
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