Hallo!
say it: “HAH-lo”
Dutch
in its own words: Nederlands
- Speakers
- 25 million
- Family
- Indo-European – Germanic
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- Aruba, Belgium, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Brazil, Curaçao, Germany, French Guiana, Guyana, Netherlands, Suriname, Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Fun fact
Yacht, cookie and boss all came into English from Dutch. It is spoken in South America too – in Suriname.