Dutch

Indo-European (Germanic)25 million nativeLatin

RegionNetherlands/Belgium

FamilyIndo-European (Germanic)

Speakers25 million native

ScriptLatin

TypeAlphabetic

About Dutch

The closest major language to English. Official in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname. Flemish in Belgium is essentially the same language. Afrikaans evolved from Dutch and is partially mutually intelligible.

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