Dutch

Nederlands

Main information

Family

Indo-European

Branch

European

Group

Germanic

Western Germanic

Low franconian

Native speakers

23,655,290 (2012)

Status

National

Region

Netherlands

Characteristic

SVO (SOV in subordinate clauses); prepositions; noun head final; gender (common/neuter); definite and indefinite articles; passives (middle, active, passive); tense and aspect; comparatives; 21 consonants, 13 vowels, 3 diphthongs; non-tonal; stress on first syllable.

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