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Fluent:Dutch; modern (ca 1500–present)
Dutch Dialects (West Flemish, French Flemish, East Flemish, Brabantian, West-Limburgish)
French; modern (ca 1600-present)
English; modern (ca 1650-present)
Basic/intermediate:
Dutch; middle aka Diets (ca 1150–1500)
Dutch; old (ca 450–1150) Old Dutch
Afrikaans
German; standard (ca 1750-present)
French; middle (1340-1611)
English; middle (ca 1050-1450)
English; early modern (ca 1450-1650)
I'm fluent in Russian and Ukrainian. I also could help with Italian, but I don't think you'll need it since I see a lot of Italian native speakers here.
Spanish: native
Catalan: near native
French: high intermediate
Portuguese: basic
Catalan: near native
French: high intermediate
Portuguese: basic
Russian, Ukrainian: fluent-native
German: fluent
English, French, Polish: basic
Czech: beginner
German: fluent
English, French, Polish: basic
Czech: beginner
English - fluentGujarati - fluent
Hindi - fluent
Marathi - basic (have used it minimally in the last 14 years)
Chinese - Fluent for both simplified or traditional character set. First language is Traditional Character set,
I'm sure there are plenty of librarians with my language skills but I'll put it out there anyway:French -fluent
Spanish - fluent
former language teacher for all three:English - second language but best, very good grasp of grammar and vocabulary,taught it in Germany along with French
German - mother tongue; taught in Canada
French - third language; also taught
Portuguese [native, not Brazilian] - fluent, mother tongueEnglish - fluent
French - basic, likely good for simple cataloging needs
:)
Dutch: FluentFrench: Intermediate
German: Intermediate
Spanish: Basic
Norwegian: Basic
Swedish: Basic
Italian: Basic
Polish: Basic
Japanese: Very basic
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Icelandic: Fluent (native)