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Dutch (Netherlandic)

Family/group:            Indo-European (Germanic)

Number of speakers:  15-20 million

Where spoken:           Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname, Netherlands Antilles

Script:                         Roman

Like English and Danish, Dutch is descended from Low German and has a strong French influence. Translation of the Bible and writings of poet Joost van der Vondel (1587-1679) helped to establish �General Cultural Netherlandic�, now the standard form of written Dutch. Dutch was taught in schools in Suriname and children were punished for speaking their native Srnan-Tongo. The schools in Suriname continue to carry out the education in Dutch

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More:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language

http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=nld

http://taalunieversum.org/taalunie/

http://oase.uci.kun.nl/~ans/

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