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Dutch

Dutch

Summary

Dutch is natively spoken by about 24 million people, primarily in the Netherlands and Belgium, with smaller communities in Suriname, the Caribbean, and the Dutch diaspora. It is an integral part of Dutch cultural identity, known for its rich tradition in art, literature, and commerce. Written in the Latin alphabet, Dutch grammar features a free word order, uses gendered nouns, and has a system of verb conjugations to indicate tense and mood.

Stats

  • Language Family: Indo-European

  • Writing System: Latin

  • Writing System Type: Alphabet

  • Writing Direction: L to R

  • Tones / Pitch Accent: N

  • Morphology: Partially Analytic

  • Cases: 4

  • Grammatical Gender / Noun Class: 2

  • Number of Verb Tenses: 2

  • Word Order: Free

  • Number of Vowels (Monophthongs): 13

  • Number of Consonants: 19

Areas Where Spoken

  • Aruba (Netherlands) (official) (6.1%) (6 k)

  • Belgium (official) (54.2%) (6.33 mil)

  • Caribbean Netherlands (Netherlands) (official) (8.8%) (2 k)

  • Curaçao (Netherlands) (official) (8.0%) (12 k)

  • Netherlands (official) (95.6%) (16.9 mil)

  • Sint Maarten (Netherlands) (official) (5.0%) (2 k)

  • Suriname (official) (~ 60%) (~ 371 k)

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Videos

YouTube Easy Dutch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfLpmZNFX8U&t=10s

  • Perfect to enhance your speaking & listening skills while immersing yourself in Dutch culture. Learn how to speak naturally as the host interviews the locals.


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