There are no 12 countries that speak Dutch...
There are 12 provinces, Surinam and the Antilles
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.
Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten are Caribbean countries that speak Dutch as one of their official languages. They are part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Ik spreek geen Nederlands is a Dutch equivalent of 'I do not speak Dutch'.
Any city in a Dutch-speaking country would speak Dutch to you, unless they knew you couldn't speak Dutch.
Approximately 90% of the Dutch population can speak English. English is widely taught in schools in the Netherlands from an early age, making it one of the most English-proficient countries in Europe.
The CARICOM countries that do not primarily speak English are Suriname and Haiti. Suriname's official language is Dutch, while Haiti's official languages are French and Haitian Creole.
None. But Indonesia has a large population that speaks Dutch as a second language (which is a dialect of Flemish).
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.
Because that is the language that is spoken there.
Yes.It should be- People from theNetherla nds speak Dutch.
Dutch isn't a country, it's the language they speak in The Netherlands, which is in Europe, it's also used to describe someone from The Netherlands (a Dutchman, plural: the Dutch) or something from The Netherlands, e.g. a Dutch name, a Dutch book