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Name:
Dutch
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Dutch (Limburg); Dutch-Flemish; Nederlands; Hollands; Vlaam; Niederländisch
Spoken in:
Aruba, Belgium, France, Suriname, Germany, Netherlands Antilles, Netherlands, Indonesia
Number of speakers:
16,400,000 in Netherlands (2007 CBS). Population total all countries: 21,730,290
(Ethnologue)
Code:
nld
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Language:
Middle Dutch (dum)
Child Language:
Afrikaans (afr)
Child Dialects:
Northern North Hollandish; Westfries (nld-nor)
Oost-Vlaams (nld-oos)
Brabants; Dutch (Brabantic) (nld-bra)
Map of Dutch
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