Hallo!
say it: “HAH-lo”
Dutch
in its own words: Nederlands
- Speakers
- 25 million (estimate)
- 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)
- Script
- Latin
- Official language
- Aruba, Belgium, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curaçao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Suriname
Fun fact
English yacht, cookie and boss come from Dutch. Dutch is also the official language of Suriname in South America.