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In the 1600s, many French Huguenot refugees from France settled in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, which was later renamed "New York" when the English took control of the settlement. Did any new varieties or dialects of French emerge in the colony due to these settlers?

by /u/Obversa in /r/AskHistorians

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