Jan van Aken is a writer belonging to which Germanic ethnic group native to the Netherlands?
Dutch people The Dutch (Dutch:    ), occasionally referred to as Netherlanders—a term that is cognate to the Dutch word for Dutch people, "Nederlanders"—are a Germanic ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Aruba, Suriname, Guyana, Curaçao, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United States.
West Frisians The West Frisians (German: "Westfriesen" ) – or, more precisely, the Westlauwers Frisians – are those Frisian peoples in that part of Frisia administered by the Netherlands: the Province of Friesland, which is bounded in the west by the IJsselmeer and in the east by the River Lauwers (hence the name "Westlauwers", i.e., "west of the Lauwers").