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.
The Dutch speaking Caribbean countries are Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius. These islands are special municipalities within the Kingdom of the Netherlands and have Dutch as one of their official languages.
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, "Dutch" should be capitalized in the sentence "People from the Netherlands speak Dutch" because it is a proper noun referring to the language spoken in the Netherlands.
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.
Caddo people historically spoke the Caddo language, which is a member of the Caddoan language family. Today, there are efforts to revitalize and preserve the Caddo language among Caddo communities in Oklahoma.
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 do not speak Flemish. Walloons primarily speak French in the Wallonia region of Belgium. Flemish is spoken in the Flanders region of Belgium.