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  • The official language in The Netherlands is Dutch.
  • Dutch is a West Germanic language and it is the mother tongue of the most residents of The Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname.
  • In the European Union about 23 million people speak Dutch as their first language, and another five million speak Dutch as a second language.
  • The official Dutch alphabet is derived from the Latin alphabet.
  • Officially, the alphabet has 26 letters.