The Dutch Language
The Dutch language is a member of the West Germanic group of the Indo-European family of languages.
Where is Dutch Spoken?
How Many Speakers of Dutch are there?
There are 21 million native speakers of Dutch. Approximately, 15 million of these reside in the Netherlands.
The Dutch language is also spoken in the Netherlands Antilles, as well as Aruba, Canada, Suriname and the USA by emigrant communities. Dutch is also spoken in northern Belgium where it is generally known as Flemish.
The Dutch language is also spoken in the Netherlands Antilles, as well as Aruba, Canada, Suriname and the USA by emigrant communities. Dutch is also spoken in northern Belgium where it is generally known as Flemish.
Recommended Resources for Learning the Dutch Language
- Pimsleur Dutch CDs
- Learn to speak Dutch at an intermediate level in just thirty easy lessons with this course. Pimsleur audio courses teach you to understand & speak the essential elements of a new language.
- Learn Dutch
- Designed for beginners who want to start learning Dutch as soon as possible. Whether on business, vacation, or perhaps meeting a foreign visitor, Talk Now! is the disc to get you started.
- World Talk Dutch
- You'll cover topics including the calendar year, building sentences, asking directions, and using numbers. The interactive TV quiz is definitely a hit, where the resident champion may turn out to be more intelligent than you think!
- Dutch Vocabulary Builder
- Primarily aimed to meet the requirements of children from 4-12, this package has proved popular with adults too! The beautiful illustrations will improve your whole family's language skills with words and phrases such as "the gorilla is in the car", "the duck is under the desk" and "the frog is on the lily pad".
- Dutch Electronic Translator
- Translations in 29 languages: English, german, french, spanish, italian, dutch, norwegian, swedish, portuguese, finnish, estonian, ukranian, russian, polish, czech, slovakian, hungarian, bulgarian, roumanian, turkish, greek, phonetic hebrew, phonetic arabic, phonetic chinese, phonetic japanese, phonetic korean, phonetic thai, and indonesian.
Over 580,000 (20,000 per language) Words and 58,000 Useful Phrases
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Blog Posts from Google from the Netherlands
- New StreetView imagery in Mexico, Netherlands, Hawaii | Google ...
- Google has just released StreetView imagery for a variety of locations in Mexico, the Netherlands an...
- Netherlands to crack down on clients of illegal prostitutes ...
- If it is up to the Dutch government, clients of illegal prostitutes will be doing time soon. All pro...
- Google Maps Mania: Street View Expands in The Netherlands
- Street View has expanded in The Netherlands to include coverage of Utrecht, Den Haag, Eindhoven, Den...
- World's tallest man uses height to rise above his problems | Radio ...
- The Netherlands may officially be home to the tallest people in the world, but the world record hold...
Learning Dutch Resources
- Free Dutch Lessons Dutch Courses Dictionaries for the Dutch Learning Experts
- I put together a number of free Dutch language lessons and language courses for those interesting in learning Dutch or just brushing up your existing Dutch language skills.
- Let's Learn Dutch
- This is a short video on learning Dutch
New Del.icio.us bookmarks on Dutch
Great Stuff on Amazon
Routledge Intensive Dutch Course (Routledge Intensive Language Courses)
Amazon Price: $38.96 (as of 11/10/2009) 
New Routledge Dutch Dictionary: Dutch-English/English-Dutch
Amazon Price: $35.84 (as of 11/10/2009)
In-Flight Dutch: Learn Before You Land (English and Dutch Edition)
Amazon Price: $11.86 (as of 11/10/2009)
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