
Dutch is a West Germanic language that is closely related to other languages in this family (e.g. English, West Frisian and German) and somewhat more remotely to the North Germanic languages. Dutch is an official language of 5 countries, including the Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Suriname, Belgium and Aruba, as well as three unions – the EU, Benelux, and Union of South American Nations. Dutch is spoken by over 22 million people as a native language, 16 million of whom live in the Netherl...
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