Dutch Language Jobs

 

Spoken by: 24 million people worldwide
Official language of: Netherlands (15 million), Belgium, Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, Suriname, South Africa (Afrikaans)
Interesting facts: Both Belgium and the Netherlands use a common literary language, termed standard Netherlandic or standard Dutch; Dutch vocabulary has contributed many words to the English language. For example, yacht, easel, cookie, and freight all come from Dutch; J.R.R. Tolkien was so incensed by the adaptation of proper names in the Dutch translation of The Lord of the Rings that he wrote a guide to advise future translators.

Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. The name Dutch comes from the word ‘Dietsc’ or ‘Duutsc’ as the language was called in the Middle Ages. It meant “language of the people.” In the Netherlands, it is also called Holland, a reminder that the language evolved from the dialect of the old province of Holland. Dutch is one of the Germanic languages, and thus part of the Indo-European family. It is closely related to Frisian, German and English. In the late 1930s, Dutch was made the official language of the northern part of Belgium.

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