Dutch Language

West Germanic language of about 25 million native speakers; parent of Afrikaans and an official language of South Africa until 1925.

Specifications & Metrics

family

Indo-European

Core Principles & Analysis

• Dutch is spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language.
• It was one of the official languages of South Africa until 1925, when it was replaced by Afrikaans.
• The term theodiscus was first recorded in 786, when the Bishop of Ostia wrote to Pope Adrian I.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Dutch language