Because they used to be colonised.
Paddenstoel is a Dutch equivalent for 'mushroom' in Suriname and wherever the Dutch language is spoken.
No. The official language of Suriname is Dutch.
Paramaribo is the South American city where Dutch is spoken. It's the capital and the largest city in the Republic of Suriname. But it isn't the only city where Dutch is spoken in the Republic. In fact, Dutch is spoken in all of Suriname's cities. It's the country's official language.
The main language spoken in Paramaribo, Suriname is Dutch, as Suriname is a former Dutch colony. However, due to its diverse population, other languages such as Sranan Tongo (a creole language), English, Javanese, and Hindi are also spoken by different communities in Paramaribo.
Suriname is a country whose inhabitants speak Dutch.Specifically, it is the only South American country with Dutch as the official language. Suriname also is the only Dutch speaking region in the western hemisphere that is no longer part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The official name of Suriname in English is Republic of Suriname. In Dutch the official name is Republiek Suriname. In Sranan Tongo ['Surinamean tongue'], a Creole language spoken by over two-thirds of the population, Suriname is known as Sranan.Unofficially, the country still may be called by its former name of 'Dutch Guiana' from its colonial past. Or it may be called Suriname.
Welkom in Suriname is a Dutch equivalent of 'Welcome to Suriname'.
Dutch is the official language of Paramaribo, Suriname. Par'bo, as the city is nicknamed, is the country's capital city. So Dutch is used widely. In fact over 60 percent of Suriname's total population speak Dutch as their mother tongue. Dutch is spoken as a second or third language by the rest of the country's population. Many of the native speakers of Dutch reside in, or frequent, Par'bo.
Het spijt me is I'm sorry in Dutch. But do they speak Dutch in Suriname?
Republic of Suriname (Republiek Suriname in Dutch)
South America has two major languages - Spanish and Portuguese, but English is spoken in Guyana (formerly British Guiana), Dutch is spoken in Suriname (formerly Dutch Guiana) and French is spoken in French Guiana. All these countries are on South America..
Dutch Guiana became Suriname on 25 November 1975,