Dialects and Accents of Netherlands
The archive provides:
In a small number of cases, you will also find a narrow phonetic transcription of the sample (see Phonetic Transcriptions for a complete list).
The recordings average four minutes in length and feature both the reading of one of two standard passages, and some unscripted speech. The two passages, Comma Gets a Cure (currently our standard passage), and The Rainbow Passage (used in our earliest recordings), may be accessed from the menu bar to your right.
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If you are interested in specific information about Netherlands, please go to Yahoo's website at dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/United_Kingdom/Netherlands/
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Dialect Samples
To properly play a sound sample, you may first need to save it to your own computer. To do so, right-click on the desired sample and save it. A high-speed connection to the internet may allow you to play the file simply by clicking it.| Sound Sample | Basic Information | Text Files |
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| Netherlands One | female, born 1964, raised Bergen of Zoom, Zuid-Holland; English excellent, accent very mild | Netherlands One |
| Netherlands Two | The subject is a Dutch woman, born and raised in the northern part of the Netherlands, in the province 'Friesland' | Netherlands Two |
| Netherlands Three | The subject is a male, born 1988, raised in Breda, Netherlands | Netherlands Three |
| Netherlands Four | The subject is a male, born 1961, and raised in Velhoven, (Southern Holland) | Netherlands Four |
| Netherlands Five | The subject is a male, who chose not to disclose any biographical details other than his place of birth: Newport, Netherlands | Netherlands Five |