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ABOUT DUTCH
Despite the fact that Dutch is spoken chiefly in a country of only 15 million people, we have had many requests to translate documents into Dutch. Worldwide, Dutch is spoken by 24 million people. The word "Dutch" means "language of the people."

Dutch is the official language of the Netherlands (or Holland), Belgium, Suriname, Aruba, and the Netherlands Antilles. It is also spoken in South Africa and Indonesia.

Dutch has all the letters of the English alphabet plus one more character, ÿ. Since this character isn't on a regular keyboard, the combination "ij" is commonly substituted when transliterating Dutch. It's pronounced the same as "ÿ," just spelled differently.

Dutch is a West Germanic language descended from Old Frankish. In fact, most Dutch speakers are generally able to read German. Likewise, German speakers can read basic Dutch. Dutch is also the parent language to Afrikaans. Dutch vocabulary has contributed many words to the English language — for example, "yacht,""easel," "cookie," and "freight."