Dutch in the world
They speak Dutch (which is a Germanic language) in Holland. The language is spoken as a native language by about 22 million people, and a further 5 million people speak it as a second language. Dutch is an official language in Holland, Belgium (where it is known as Flemish) and Suriname (a country in South America). Dutch is also the parent language of Afrikaans, which is spoken in many parts of South Africa.