Station
identification: "Hier ist Brussel" Spoken in The Netherlands and Belgium (has its origins in the German language).
Dutch is very similar sounding to German . The German for the is de (pronounced dair ) and has many variants, in Dutch it is de (pronounced der) and sometimes et.
The spoken languages of Flanders (ie Flemish) is essentially the same as Dutch. The Afrikaans language (spoken in South Africa), is an offshoot of Dutch that is now considered a separate language.
Station
identification: "Hier ist Brussel"
| Name | Where spoken | Language Family | How many (000s) |
| Netherlandic (Dutch, Flemish) | Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname, Antilles | Indo-European (Germanic) | 15-20m |
Table source: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language, David Ctystal, Cambridge University Press
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