Where do they speak Dutch?

I would like to be able to state that I have travelled to all countries where there is a native community that understand and speaks Dutch. So far I have been in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Suriname, and the Netherlands Antilles.

Where do I need to go to complete my wish list of visiting all Dutch speaking nations?

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Best Answer

While the Wikipedia page @redct referred to which shows the distribution, I'd be careful - as some of those are not the Dutch spoken in the Netherlands (eg Afrikaans). I can speak some Afrikaans and as a result understand some Dutch, but it's not totally the same.

There's another wiki page which lists the 8 countries that officially speak Dutch, which doesn't have the detail of the previous page, but simpler to quickly parse ;).

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Where is Dutch most spoken?

Dutch is spoken not only in the Netherlands, but it is also the official language of Flanders, the neighbouring northern provinces of Belgium. Worldwide, Dutch is a national language in Suriname (South America), Aruba and the Dutch Antilles (Caribbean). In total Dutch has 23 million mother tongue speakers.

Is Dutch and German are same?

Dutch is a unique language with a lot of interesting features. It's most notable for being within the same language family as German but closely similar to the English language. In other words, it's the link between the two languages. Dutch, however, can't be described as the mixture of German and English.

Is Dutch in Germany?

The Dutch language is a West Germanic language that is the national language of the Netherlands and, with French and German, one of the three official languages of Belgium. Dutch is also called Netherlandic or Dutch Nederlands; in Belgium it is called Flemish or Flemish Vlaams.

Is Dutch spoken in the US?

There are also about 140,000 Dutch speakers living in the United States, according to the Census Bureau.

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