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Dutch grammar

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  • Hindoestanen (plural, both male and female)
  • Hindoestaan (male person, singular)
  • Hindoestaanse (female person, singular plus adjective)

Andries 09:55, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mr. Andries, Hndoestanen is not an English word, it is not even corect Ducth (dat is namelijk Hindoestanis, ofwel menschen uit Hindoestan, India). The correct English word is Hindustanis. I can't believe that Wikipedia is promoting illiteracy by permitting non-existing words.Usecorrectnames (talk) 09:49, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The word Indo in Dutch usually refers to Indonesia, so title "Indo-Surinamese" will be very confusing to Dutch people. Andries (talk) 20:25, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
May be the title can be changed to "Hindustanis". See also Indo people. Andries (talk) 20:30, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In contemporary Dutch "Hindoestanen" is widely accepted. Rolly212724 (talk) 23:32, 20 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]