Dutch is a West Germanic language that's spoken in the Netherlands and spoken across Europe by 28 million people in other countries as well, mainly in the Flanders region of Belgium. It developed in the 3rd to 8th century BCE when the Proto-Germanic languages developed in Central Europe and split off to Western Germanic languages.[1]
Dutch is also spoken in Suriname and in some Caribbean islands (the latter of which are still controlled by the Netherlands today) due to Dutch colonization and causing Dutchophones to also exist in South Africa where "Afrikaans" a sister language of Dutch to develop.[2]
The Dutch course from English contains 123 skills, and 500 total lessons.
Grammar tips[]
See Dutch (Netherlands)/Grammar tips.
Supplementary learning resources[]
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Dictionaries[]
- http://www.vandale.nl - Van Dale
- http://woordenlijst.org/ - WNT, official spelling
Grammar references[]
Courses[]
Listening resources[]
- https://www.eenbeetjenederlands.nl - Podcast "Een Beetje Nederlands" (level B1/B2)
- https://thedutchonlineacademy.com/en/podcast - Podcast "Learn Dutch" (different levels)
- https://dutchidiom.com/category/podcast - Podcast "Zeg het in het Nederlands"
Other resources[]
Dutch-language content[]
- http://www.npo.nl - Netherlands Public Broadcasting
- http://www.nos.nl - Dutch news website
- http://www.nu.nl - Dutch news website
- http://deredactie.be - Belgian news website, in Dutch / French / English
- http://vtmnieuws.be - Belgian news website, in Dutch
- http://www.nieuwsblad.be - Belgian news website, in Dutch
- http://www.hln.be - Belgian news website, in Dutch
- Dutch Wikipedia
- Readlang - Immersion through Dutch music and stories, with word translations when clicked.
- Sublearning - Movie subtitle flash card quiz in Dutch and many other languages