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  2. Dutch language - Wikipedia

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    Dutch (endonym: Nederlands [ˈneːdərlɑnts] ⓘ) is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language [4] and 5 million as a second language and is the third most spoken Germanic language. In Europe, Dutch is the native language of most of the population of the Netherlands and ...

  3. List of countries and territories where Afrikaans or Dutch ...

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    These countries are referred to as the Nederlands taalgebied (Dutch language area). The Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname are member states of the Dutch Language Union; South Africa refuses to become a member state although Afrikaans is integrated in the task statement of the Dutch Language Union. [citation needed]

  4. History of the Dutch language - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Pre-Roman Iron Age culture(s) associated with Proto-Germanic, ca 500 BC–50 BC. The area south of Scandinavia is the Jastorf culture.. Within the Indo-European language tree, Dutch is grouped within the Germanic languages, which means it shares a common ancestor with languages such as English, German, and Scandinavian languages.

  5. List of languages by number of speakers in Europe - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of European languages by the number of native speakers in Europe only. List. Rank ... Dutch: 22,000,000 [12] 11 [a] Serbo-Croatian: 19,000,000 [13] 11

  6. Geographical distribution of Dutch speakers - Wikipedia

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    Dutch speakers, or Batavophones, are globally concentrated in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname. Dutch is also spoken in minority areas through Europe and in many immigrant communities in all over the world. Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch, but is regarded as a separate language and will not be analyzed in this article.

  7. Languages of Europe - Wikipedia

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    A color-coded map of most languages used throughout Europe. There are over 250 languages indigenous to Europe, and most belong to the Indo-European language family. [1] [2] Out of a total European population of 744 million as of 2018, some 94% are native speakers of an Indo-European language.

  8. Indo-European languages - Wikipedia

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    Some European languages of this family—Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish—have expanded through colonialism in the modern period and are now spoken across several continents.

  9. Dutch dialects and varieties - Wikipedia

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    Dutch dialects and varieties are primarily the dialects and varieties that are both cognate with the Dutch language and spoken in the same language area as the Standard Dutch. They are remarkably diverse and are found within Europe mainly in the Netherlands and northern Belgium. The Dutch province of Friesland is bilingual.

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