Editing Middle Dutch (section)

===Hollandic===

[[Hollandic]] was spoken in the [[County of Holland]]. It was less influential during most of the Middle Ages but became more so in the 16th century during the "Hollandic expansion", during which the [[Eighty Years' War]] took place in the south. It shows the following properties:

* Strong [[Ingvaeonic]] influence from earlier [[Frisians|Frisian]] presence in the area. This became more apparent closer to the coast and further north ([[West Friesland (historical region)|West Friesland]]).
* â and ā merged and had a fronted articulation (which forms the basis for the modern standard Dutch pronunciation).
* Occasional occurrence of the [[Ingvaeonic nasal-spirant law]]. Seen in some place names, such as ''-mude'' ("mouth") where more southwestern areas retain the nasal: ''-monde''.
* Use of the form ''ji'' for the second-person plural pronoun.
* Retention of {{IPA|/ft/}}.
* Lack of umlaut {{IPA|/a/}} > {{IPA|/e/}} before {{IPA|/xt/}}.