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Dutch is the official language of the Netherlands and one of the official languages of Belgium. It belongs to the "Indo-European language family-Germanic language family-West Germanic branch". Users are mainly distributed in the Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa, Suriname, the Caribbean Netherlands Antilles and other places. Spoken Dutch has many variations, from standard to local dialects. Standard English is used in public situations, official conversations, documents and university lectures, and spoken English is used at home and when talking with friends and fellow villagers. The regional dialects bounded by Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam are closer to Standard Dutch than those in other dialect areas.
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Dutch is the official language of the Netherlands and one of the official languages of Belgium. It belongs to the "Indo-European language family-Germanic language family-West Germanic branch". Users are mainly distributed in the Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa, Suriname, the Caribbean Netherlands Antilles and other places. Spoken Dutch has many variations, from standard to local dialects. Standard English is used in public situations, official conversations, documents and university lectures, and spoken English is used at home and when talking with friends and fellow villagers. The regional dialects bounded by Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam are closer to Standard Dutch than those in other dialect areas.