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'''Dutch''' (''Nederlands'') is the main language of the [[Netherlands]], and one of the official languages of [[Belgium]], alongside [[French language|French]].
Dutch is a Germanic language. Of all the members of the Germanic family, it is perhaps the closest to [[English language|English]] in sentence structure and syntax.
The [[Afrikaans]] language
in [[South Africa]] is descended from the Dutch of 17th-century Dutchmen who settled there.
[[Category: Germanic languages]]