Paragraf Test-18 Soru=19

The passage makes it clear that over the years, the different groups that make up the population of The Netherlands ....... .

The inhabitants of The Netherlands number about 14.5 million. Their language, Dutch, shares
certain characteristics with both German and English. In the province of Friesland, a language
called Frisian is spoken, which has even closer links with English. When the area was originally
settled by Germanic peoples, the north and west were occupied by the Frisians, the east by the
Saxons, and the south by the Franks. The Dutch language developed mainly from the dialect of
the Franks. Differences between the groups can still be noted in local dialects, customs,
traditional folk costumes and in types of farmhouses.