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Dutch

Nederlands

At BFSU, Dutch is among 101 approved foreign languages, connecting the university’s multilingual education with the places and cultures where the language is used.

WHERE IT IS SPOKEN

Netherlands, Germany, Belgium

NATIVE NAME
Nederlands
WRITING SYSTEM
Latin script
AT BFSU
One of 101 languages

LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD

See where Dutch connects communities.

LANGUAGE REACH

≈32.9M

Dutch is spoken across 8 countries and territories.

No. 32 of 101 languages · No. 16 by territory count

ACROSS CONTINENTS
  1. Europe

    04

    NetherlandsGermanyBelgiumFrance

  2. The Americas

    02

    SurinameCanada

  3. Other areas

    02

    ArubaCuraçao

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

From daily conversation in Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium to education, literature and media, Dutch carries the accents, vocabulary and expressions of different communities.

Population and distribution figures use Unicode CLDR 48 ↗ estimates of people able to use the language, including first- and second-language users. Recorded reach counts territories with an estimated community of at least 10,000; figures are comparative, not live counts.

AT BFSU

A language opens a wider view of the world.

BFSU places Dutch within a multilingual programme that brings language study together with literature, history, society and regional knowledge.

The language is commonly written in Latin script; its literature, media and everyday expressions carry the experiences of the communities that use it.

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