Familypedi… Editing (section) Netherlands 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h3>Language</h3> <div class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BMain%7CLanguages%20of%20the%20Netherlands%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Main%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​​</div> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22broken-image%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Population_of_the_Netherlands_1900-2000.png%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3APopulation%20of%20the%20Netherlands%201900-2000.png%7Cthumb%7CPopulation%20of%20the%20Netherlands%20from%201900%20to%202000%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" class="placeholder placeholder-broken-image" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="broken-image" /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->The official language is <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Dutch%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Dutch%20language%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDutch%20language%7CDutch%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>, which is spoken by the vast majority of the inhabitants. Besides Dutch, the European part of the Netherlands recognises three regional languages under the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22European%20Charter%20for%20Regional%20or%20Minority%20Languages%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22European%20Charter%20for%20Regional%20or%20Minority%20Languages%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BEuropean%20Charter%20for%20Regional%20or%20Minority%20Languages%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" class="new" title="European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRXVyb3BlYW5fQ2hhcnRlcl9mb3JfUmVnaW9uYWxfb3JfTWlub3JpdHlfTGFuZ3VhZ2VzP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages</a>. One of those is <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Frisian%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22West%20Frisian%20language%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BWest%20Frisian%20language%7CFrisian%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" class="new" title="West Frisian language (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvV2VzdF9GcmlzaWFuX2xhbmd1YWdlP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Frisian</a>, which is spoken in the northern province of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Friesland%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Friesland%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFriesland%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" href="/wiki/Friesland" title="Friesland">Friesland</a>, called <i>Fryslân</i> in that language.<span data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%7B%7Bcite%20web%7Curl%3Dhttps%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.cia.gov%5C%2Flibrary%5C%2Fpublications%5C%2Fthe-world-factbook%5C%2Ffields%5C%2F2098.html%20%7Ctitle%3DCIA%20World%20Factbook%3A%20Official%20languages%20per%20country%20%7Cpublisher%3DCia.gov%20%7Caccessdate%3D23%20April%202011%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-0 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2240-8248306305e2d8207b7d11%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ3f77d74173d1e2a3-nowiki-00000002-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E1%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2240-8248306305e2d8207b7d11%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ3f77d74173d1e2a3-nowiki-00000003-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-0%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-0%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2239%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E1%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2240%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" href="#cite_note-0"><span data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>1<span data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> Frisian is the only of the three which is standardised and has a formal status for government correspondence, albeit only in the province of Friesland. In addition <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Low%20Saxon%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Dutch%20Low%20Saxon%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDutch%20Low%20Saxon%7CLow%20Saxon%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" class="new" title="Dutch Low Saxon (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRHV0Y2hfTG93X1NheG9uP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Low Saxon</a> (<i>Nedersaksisch</i> in Dutch) is recognised. Low Saxon consists of several dialects spoken in the north and east, like <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Twents%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Twents%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTwents%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" class="new" title="Twents (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvVHdlbnRzP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Twents</a> in the region of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Twente%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Twente%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTwente%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" class="new" title="Twente (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvVHdlbnRlP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Twente</a>, and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Drents%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Drents%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDrents%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" class="new" title="Drents (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRHJlbnRzP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Drents</a> in the province of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Drenthe%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Drenthe%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDrenthe%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" href="/wiki/Drenthe" title="Drenthe">Drenthe</a>. <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Limburgish%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Limburgish%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BLimburgish%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" class="new" title="Limburgish (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTGltYnVyZ2lzaD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Limburgish</a> is the third recognised regional language. It consists of Dutch varieties of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Meuse-Rhenish%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Meuse-Rhenish%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMeuse-Rhenish%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" class="new" title="Meuse-Rhenish (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTWV1c2UtUmhlbmlzaD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Meuse-Rhenish</a> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Franconian%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Franconian%20languages%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFranconian%20languages%7CFranconian%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" class="new" title="Franconian languages (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRnJhbmNvbmlhbl9sYW5ndWFnZXM/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Franconian</a> languages and is spoken in the south-eastern province of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Limburg%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Limburg%20%28Netherlands%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BLimburg%20%28Netherlands%29%7CLimburg%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" href="/wiki/Limburg_(Netherlands)" title="Limburg (Netherlands)">Limburg</a>.<span data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3D%5C%22international2000%5C%22%5C%2F%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-international2000_1-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-international2000_1-0 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2240-8248306305e2d8207b7d11%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ3f77d74173d1e2a3-nowiki-00000005-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E2%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2240-8248306305e2d8207b7d11%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ3f77d74173d1e2a3-nowiki-00000006-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-international2000-1%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-international2000-1%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2245%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E2%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2246%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" href="#cite_note-international2000-1"><span data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>2<span data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->The dialects most spoken in the Netherlands are the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Brabantian%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Brabantian%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBrabantian%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" class="new" title="Brabantian (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQnJhYmFudGlhbj9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Brabantian</a>-<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Hollandic%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Hollandic%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BHollandic%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" class="new" title="Hollandic (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvSG9sbGFuZGljP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Hollandic</a> dialects.<span data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%7B%7Bcite%20web%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.taalcanon.nl%5C%2Fvragen%5C%2Fhoeveel-dialecten-heeft-het-nederlands%5C%2F%20%7Ctitle%3DHoeveel%20dialecten%20heeft%20het%20Nederlands%3F%20%7F-ENTITY-%23124-%7F%20Taalcanon%20%7Cpublisher%3DTaalcanon.nl%20%7Caccessdate%3D2014-04-23%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-2 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2240-8248306305e2d8207b7d11%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ3f77d74173d1e2a3-nowiki-00000008-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E3%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2240-8248306305e2d8207b7d11%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ3f77d74173d1e2a3-nowiki-00000009-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-2%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-2%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2251%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E3%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2252%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" href="#cite_note-2"><span data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>3<span data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">English has a formal status in the special municipalities of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Saba%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Saba%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSaba%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" class="new" title="Saba (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvU2FiYT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Saba</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Sint%20Eustatius%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Sint%20Eustatius%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSint%20Eustatius%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" class="new" title="Sint Eustatius (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvU2ludF9FdXN0YXRpdXM/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Sint Eustatius</a>. It is widely spoken on these islands. <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Papiamento%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Papiamento%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BPapiamento%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" class="new" title="Papiamento (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUGFwaWFtZW50bz9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Papiamento</a> has a formal status in the special municipality of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Bonaire%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Bonaire%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBonaire%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" class="new" title="Bonaire (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQm9uYWlyZT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Bonaire</a>. <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Yiddish%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Yiddish%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BYiddish%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" class="new" title="Yiddish (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvWWlkZGlzaD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Yiddish</a> and the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Romani%20language%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Romani%20language%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BRomani%20language%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" class="new" title="Romani language (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUm9tYW5pX2xhbmd1YWdlP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Romani language</a> were recognised in 1996 as non-territorial languages.<span data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" 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class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-3 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" href="#cite_note-3"><span data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>4<span data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">There is a tradition of learning foreign languages in the Netherlands: about 70% of the total population have good knowledge of conversational English, 55– 59% of German, and 19% of French. Children start with English courses at primary schools when they are about four or five years old.<span data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%7B%7Bcite%20web%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.denhaag.nl%5C%2Fen%5C%2Fresidents%5C%2Fto%5C%2FPrimary-education-in-the-Netherlands.htm%20%7Ctitle%3DThe%20Hague%20-%20Primary%20education%20in%20the%20Netherlands%20%7Cpublisher%3DDenhaag.nl%20%7Caccessdate%3D2014-04-23%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-4 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" href="#cite_note-4"><span data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>5<span data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> English is a mandatory course in all secondary schools.<span data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" 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class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-xyz_5-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-xyz_5-0 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" href="#cite_note-xyz-5"><span data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>6<span data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> In most lower level secondary school educations (<i><a 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data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3D%5C%22Roster%20of%20the%20Central%20Exams%20of%202009%5C%22%3E%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.examenblad.nl%5C%2F9336000%5C%2F1%5C%2Fj9vvhinitagymgn_m7mvh57glpdohx6_n11vg41h1h4i9qe%5C%2Fvhl5jftd1sx8%20Roster%20of%20the%20Central%20Exams%20of%202009%5D%2C%20Examenblad%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-Roster_of_the_Central_Exams_of_2009_6-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-Roster_of_the_Central_Exams_of_2009_6-0 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" href="#cite_note-Roster_of_the_Central_Exams_of_2009-6"><span data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>7<span data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">In higher level secondary schools (<i><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22havo%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22hoger%20algemeen%20voortgezet%20onderwijs%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bhoger%20algemeen%20voortgezet%20onderwijs%7Chavo%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" class="new" title="Hoger algemeen voortgezet onderwijs (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvSG9nZXJfYWxnZW1lZW5fdm9vcnRnZXpldF9vbmRlcndpanM/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">havo</a></i> and <i><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22vwo%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22voorbereidend%20wetenschappelijk%20onderwijs%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bvoorbereidend%20wetenschappelijk%20onderwijs%7Cvwo%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" class="new" title="Voorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvVm9vcmJlcmVpZGVuZF93ZXRlbnNjaGFwcGVsaWprX29uZGVyd2lqcz9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">vwo</a></i>), two additional modern foreign languages are mandatory during the first three years. Only during the last three years in <i>vwo</i> one foreign language is mandatory. The standard modern languages are French and German, although schools can change one of these modern languages with Spanish, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Turkish%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Turkish%20language%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTurkish%20language%7CTurkish%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" class="new" title="Turkish language (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvVHVya2lzaF9sYW5ndWFnZT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Turkish</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Arabic%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Arabic%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BArabic%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" class="new" title="Arabic (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQXJhYmljP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Arabic</a>, or Russian.<span data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3D%5C%22Roster%20of%20the%20Central%20Exams%20of%202009%5C%22%5C%2F%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-Roster_of_the_Central_Exams_of_2009_6-1" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-Roster_of_the_Central_Exams_of_2009_6-1 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" href="#cite_note-Roster_of_the_Central_Exams_of_2009-6"><span data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>7<span data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> Additionally, schools in the Frisia region teach and have exams in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Frisian%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22West%20Frisian%20language%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BWest%20Frisian%20language%7CFrisian%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-8248306305e2d8207b7d11" class="new" title="West Frisian language (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvV2VzdF9GcmlzaWFuX2xhbmd1YWdlP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Frisian</a>, and schools across the country teach and have exams in classical Greek and Latin for secondary school (called gymnasium or vwo+). </p> <br /><strong data-rte-washtml="1" class="error" data-rte-attribs=" class=error">Cite error: <code data-rte-washtml="1"><ref></code> tags exist, but no <code data-rte-washtml="1"><references/></code> tag was found</strong><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key genealogy:rte-parser-cache:68778 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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