Languages in Netherlands

The official language in Netherlands is the Dutch, that according to estimates by 99% of the Dutch population is governed. Furthermore, the Frieze in Friesland, the Papiamento on Bonaire and the English on Sint Eustatius and Saba. The Low Saxon and Limburgish have the status of regional language. The numbers of speakers of these languages amounts in the relevant areas:

There are reports that a dramatic decrease in regional languages in favor of the Dutch show. This in particular because many young people no longer speak the language. On the other hand, there is also talk of a revival and increased interest in regional languages.
 * Low Saxon 1.798.000 [1]
 * Limburgish 825,000 [2]
 * Frisian 453,000 [3]
 * 20,000 Dutch sign language
 * Papiamento 13,000
 * English 5,000

In addition to the indigenous languages are there many other languages spoken in Netherlands. A large part of the Dutch population is at least bilingual. This is due to the extensive language education in particular in English, the long border with Germany and the influx of immigrants from all over the world. The Dutch itself is heavily influenced by other languages, and the Dutch are many loan words included.

The Dutch sign language (NGT) is controlled by about 20,000 Dutchmen, but it is not yet recognized.



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[hide] *language teaching 1  ==Language Teaching[ Edit] == European research [4]  indicates that 91% of the Dutch at least one language other than their mother tongue speaks, speaks two languages and 35% 75% speaks three other languages. On the three main foreign languages in language teaching is that as follows:
 * 1.1 primary education
 * 1.2 secondary education
 * 1.3 higher education
 * 2 border with Germany
 * 3 Inflow of immigrants
 * 3.1 Jews and Gypsies
 * 3.2 Dutch colonies and territories
 * 3.3 Other immigrants
 * 4 see also

The main source of these skills is the secondary education. ===Primary Education<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The working language of the basic education is generally Dutch. On Sint Eustatius and Saba is English and Papiamento on Bonaire the usually used as the language of instruction, but the law primary education is based on both Dutch and English/BERRY Papiamento as language of instruction the same as English/Dutch and Papiamento proposes core goals fixed. In Friesland is on almost all elementary schools in the Frisian language area as compulsory subject taught and the Frisian language can also be used as the language of instruction. In addition, there are some dozens of bilingual primary schools. Regulated by law the core goals for the Fries, however, are less ambitious than those for the Dutch. In basic education in European Netherlands and Bonaire is English taught as a foreign language . Elementary schools may also in European French or German or Netherlands in Caribbean Spanish Netherlands offer. ===Secondary education<span class="mw-editsection" len="345" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On secondary education is the language of instruction generally Dutch. Only on Saba is secondary education (complete) English language. In Netherlands is the Dutch-English bilingual secondary education on the rise.
 * 87% speaks English
 * 70% speaks German
 * 29% speaks French

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the substructure of the Netherlands, in addition to the continuing education and taught in the foreign languages English, French, German (in European Netherlands) and/or Spanish (in the Caribbean Netherlands), even though the school also choose to offer other languages. In the junior Department of the school is next to the English in one other foreign language taught in the substructure of havo/vwo in two other foreign languages. To gymnasiums is also taught Latin and ancient Greek (no speaking or listening skills); in either classical languages does a media mandatory final exam. In the junior Department of most secondary schools in Friesland, Frisian is also a compulsory subject.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the superstructure havo/vwo is in English and Dutch. With the introduction of the core curriculum in high school and of the second phase in the superstructure of the havo and vwo is focusing more on passivelanguage mastery. Because it seems to be going by the language proficiency, this development is reversed from 2006. In the atheneum has since been another modern foreign language of choice required profile, as well as in the culture and society of the havo. In the other profiles and the free part of havo/vwo can also still be chosen modern foreign languages. With a modern foreign language is French, German, Spanish, Russian,Italian, Arabic, Turkish, or Frisian (in European Netherlands) or Papiamentu (Netherlands in the Caribbean) meant. Here the relevant language can be chosen only if the school that also offers. ===Higher education<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">To the Dutch colleges and universities are many languages studies; in particular the cover not only University language mastery, but also Linguistics, literature and culture. Among other things the University of Amsterdam and the Hogeschool van Utrecht Dutch sign language studies to offer. There is also a possibility to study Frisian . In Leeuwarden (Ljouwert) it is offered as teacher training. In 2007, it is possible to getmaster of education in Frisian, according to the bachelor-master system. Those Fries to the University education frieze of the University of Groningen. Since the academic year 2012-2013, however, no longer exists as an independent the bachelor Frisian language training. Under the study European languages and cultures can be specialized in the Frisian language.

<p lang="en" len="8" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">See also:

==Border with Germany<span class="mw-editsection" len="344" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The border between the countries Netherlands and Germany does not match the border between the Dutch-speaking region and the German -speaking area. This means that many Dutch people speak German in the frontier zone or a dialect/language with features of both languages. In addition, Germans are one of the largest immigrant populations in Netherlands (2008: first generation Germans 102,000<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" len="170" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]  ).
 * English in Netherlands
 * German in Netherlands
 * French in Netherlands

<p lang="en" len="76" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">For the (historical) relation between the Dutch and German see below:

==Influx of immigrants<span class="mw-editsection" len="349" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Of the 6800 languages out there in the world, there will be a lot at any time by a number of people in Netherlands are spoken. By immigration in the far and near past, there are a number of groups that have retained their original language. ===Jews and Gypsies<span class="mw-editsection" len="343" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">From the 14th century, there have been groups Jews and Gypsies in Netherlands established. They brought with them their own languages. Integration by the Holocaust and there is still a limited number of speakers of Yiddish and Romani about. Hebrew, a language that was not very common for the Holocaust in the Netherlands (Yiddish was the language of social rights of Jews, and Hebrew was just for worship and religious studies), is in attendance in recent decades by the relatively large number of Israeli temporary or permanent immigrants in Netherlands.
 * Dutch language area
 * Dutch (name)
 * Low German
 * Diets

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Number of speakers<sup class="noprint nopopups" len="371" style="line-height:1;">[source? ] :

===Dutch colonies and territories<span class="mw-editsection" len="361" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p lang="en" len="852" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">By an intensive contact with the former Dutch colonies, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten are there large groups who speak languages from these areas.
 * Hebrew 5000
 * Yiddish 1000
 * Romani, Sinte 1222
 * Romani, Vlax 1000

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Number of speakers<sup class="noprint nopopups" len="371" style="line-height:1;">[source? ] :

<p lang="en" len="208" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The number of speakers of Tongo is unknown. ===Other immigrants<span class="mw-editsection" len="344" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Especially after the Second World War there were several other groups of immigrants that still largely speak their own language. The most important number of speakers:
 * Bahasa Indonesia 300,000
 * To Hindi (Sarnami Hindi) 150,000
 * Malay 45,000
 * Papiamento 80,000
 * Javanese 7500

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Many Moroccans have Berbers as a first language (approximately 35% of the population of Morocco is culturally Berber). In Netherlands, the origin of many from the Rif Mountains a proportionally higher share Berbers.Nevertheless, a significant proportion of the approximately 345,000<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" len="170" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]  Dutch Moroccans, especially the first generation, a good understanding of the Arabic.<sup class="noprint nopopups" len="313" style="line-height:1;"> [source?]
 * Turkic languages 400,000
 * Arabic <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" len="170" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]  (220,000 including Moroccan Arabic and Egyptian Arabic)
 * Tamazight Berber languages of which 90,000
 * Cantonese 70,000
 * Kurdish 40,000
 * Kaapverdiaans 20,000
 * Vietnamese 16,000

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Then point out figures from the CBS from that approximately 140,000 people in Netherlands are related to nineteen countries where Arabic is the main language, including Iraq (49.202),<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" len="170" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  Egypt (19.976),<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" len="170" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9] Algeria/Tunisia (ca. 16,000)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" len="172" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10]  and Lebanon/Syria (ca. 15,000). In addition, it is typically the standard Arabic language in the (larger) Moroccan mosques in Netherlands.

<p lang="en" len="737" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Of the Spanish, Italian or English mother tongue-speakers are no numbers known.

<p lang="en" len="338" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Although the contact with all of these immigrant populations has led to the adoption of specific words in each other's language, there is no mixing or contact language emerged.