A West Germanic language and the native language of most of the population of the Netherlands, and about sixty percent of the populations of Belgium and Suriname.
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of most of the population of the Netherlands, and about sixty percent of the populations of Belgium and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second language for another 5 million people.
