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'''Amerikaens''' (Dutch: ''Amerikaans'', French: ''Langue américaense'') is a West Germanic language spoken in New Netherland, Tussenland, the Amerikaanse Free State, South Tussenland and, to a lesser extent, Mexico and Opdamsland. It evolved from the Hollandish[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollandic_dialect 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. It is recognized as a daughter language of Continental Dutch and is the youngest of the Germanic languages.