Dutch is the official language of the Netherlands. It is a Germanic language that is closely related to English and German.

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The language is spoken by 28 million speakers 22 million of which speak it natively.

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Dutch is spoken not just in Europe, but also in the Caribbean and Africa, overseas constituencies of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and former colonies respectively.

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In South Africa the Dutch dialect spoken by the Dutch colonists morphed into a new langauge Afrikaans, which is mutually intelligible and is spoken by 17 million people.

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Use: Niche - Regional - Extensive - Global