Amerikaens

Amerikaens; also known as Amerikaans is a West Germanic language spoken in New Netherlands, Tussenland, the Amerikaanse Free State, South Tussenland and, to a lesser extent, Mexico and Opdamsland. It evolved from the Dutch vernacular of Holland (Hollandic dialect) spoken by the Dutch settlers in North America, where it gradually began to develop distinguishing characteristics in the course of the 18th century. Hence, it is a daughter language of Dutch, and the youngest of the Germanic languages as well as one of the youngest languages in general.

Orthography

Major changes from Hollandic Dutch:

ei -> ey    (eenheid -> eenheyd)

k -> ck    (boek -> boeck), only when occurring at the end of the syllable

aa -> ae   (Amerikaans -> Amerikaens)

ui -> uy   (fruit -> fruyt)

ij -> ÿ    (vrijheid -> vrÿheyd)

d  -> dt   (stad -> stadt), only when at end of syllable

In many cases older orthography and spelling is preserved from early modern Dutch.