There are no 12 countries that speak Dutch...
There are 12 provinces, Surinam and the Antilles
Dutch is official in the Netherlands and Belgium only. However, there are large Dutch speaking populations throughout Europe, mainly in Germany, Luxembourg, France, and the United Kingdom.
Carribean countries that speak Dutch are Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao.
Any city in a Dutch-speaking country would speak Dutch to you, unless they knew you couldn't speak Dutch.
Ik spreek geen Nederlands is a Dutch equivalent of 'I do not speak Dutch'.
None. But Indonesia has a large population that speaks Dutch as a second language (which is a dialect of Flemish).
Yes.It should be- People from theNetherla nds speak Dutch.
No offence, but that's a weird question. Why do all countries have a different language? We speak Dutch because that's how it developed thousands through hundreds of years ago. And because we learned it from our parents. Just like you.
They learn it at school, they also watch English tv and movies. Most of the Dutch people can speak it very well and they learn it because nobody else speaks Dutch in the world.
they speak dutch
Because that is the language that is spoken there.
I'm not sure what country but in dutch 'pardon' means 'excuse me'. So it could possible originate from one of the countries that speak dutch as their native language e.g Netherlands.
Brazil (Portuguese), Suriname (Dutch) and French Guiana (French). Of course, Spanish is spoken in these countries, but it is not an official or majority language.
No, the Walloons speak French. The Flemish speak Dutch.