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"How interesting. My lineage is Dutch, “Deutsch” as you put it. My grandfather and father spoke fluently the language. There was always a mix. Many referred to the language as Friesian."

Now you are just babbling and furthering my point in the process. If you get things this screwed up with living languages and existing populations just think how badly you are misinterpreting Scripture.

Dutch and Deutsch are definitely not the same thing. Although some do refer to the Pennsylvania Germans as Pennsylvania "Dutch" it is an error. Deutsch is the German word for German.

Friesian is something altogether different. It is a primitive Germanic language spoken by less than 500,000 people in localities in Germany and the Netherlands adjacent to the North Sea. It is most closely related to Old English.