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How many people speak Dutch worldwide?
As of 2011, Dutch is a first language for about 23 million people. Another 5 million Speak Dutch as a second language.
What was the name of dutch speaking people who inhabit Flanders?
Flanders is the Northern, Dutch speaking part of Belgium. Though, with the many differences between Dutch-Dutch and Belgian-Dutch, we usually say the Belgians speak Flemmish.
How many people speak dutch in the world?
Around 21 million making it the 43th most spoken language in the world.
How many dutch people are in nz?
how many dutch people live in nz
Dutch speaking countries?
Aruba Belgium Curaçao Netherlands Sint Maarten Suriname Luxembourg Dutch is also a former colonial language of Indonesia, and many older people there can speak it. Afrikaans, spoken in South Africa, is very similar to dutch, and many Afrikaans speakers can understand Dutch.
Are Dutch and Flemish almost the same?
Yes, they are. But there are (many) differences in language and culture and in school systems etc. For example: The Dutch can 'immitate' the Flemish accent but the Flemish can't speak Dutch. They can't pronounce certain sounds used in the Dutch language (most people except Dutch people can't). And they have very different food and have different words.
How would you explain bilingualism to children?
Just say 'A bilingual person is one who can speak two languages'. In Europe many people are bilingual, a good many speak three or more languages, especially the Dutch.
How many language did van vicker speak?
Dutch, Liberian and ghanian
Is Belgium unilingual?
No. In the region of Flanders (North) people speak Dutch, in most of Wallonia (South), people speak French and in the very east of Wallonia there are a few towns (Eupen, Malmedy, Sanct-Vith) where they speak German. The capital, Brussels, has two official languages, French and Dutch, but many other languages are spoken: English, Spannish, Portuguese, Arabic ...
Is dutch an official language of the EU?
The Netherlands Belgium Suriname Aruba Netherlands Antilles Afrikaans is an official language of South-African language and it is closely related to Dutch. Many older people speak Dutch in Indonesia, but it has no recognized status there.
Is english spoken in the netherlands?
Yes, the Dutch language system is very good and almost everyone speaks English, especially young people.Yes, Dutch people tend to know English. In fact, the Netherlands is a multilingual country. Many people there speak not only Dutch but also English, French, German, Spanish or even Italian.Most Dutch people have a basic understanding of the English language, since it's a mandatory subject in school.
Is Dutch a race?
No, the dutch are the people that live in the Netherlands. Among the dutch there are many races.
