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title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Official_language" title="Official language">Official</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regional_language" title="Regional language">Regional</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frisian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Frisian language">Frisian</a> (2.50%),<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> (<a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Netherlands" title="Caribbean Netherlands">Caribbean Netherlands</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Papiamento" title="Papiamento">Papiamento</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a>);<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Low_Saxon" title="Dutch Low Saxon">Dutch Low Saxon</a> (10.9%)<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Limburgish" title="Limburgish">Limburgish</a> (4.50%)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Minority_language" title="Minority language">Minority</a></th><td 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title="Northern Low Saxon">Northern Low Saxon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gronings_dialect" title="Gronings dialect">Gronings</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westphalian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Westphalian language">Westphalian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Achterhooks_dialect" class="mw-redirect" title="Achterhooks dialect">Achterhooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dr%C3%A8ents_dialects" title="Drèents dialects">Drèents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veluws_dialect" title="Veluws dialect">Veluws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sallaans_dialect" title="Sallaans dialect">Sallaands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stellingwarfs_dialect" title="Stellingwarfs dialect">Stellingwarfs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tweants_dialect" title="Tweants dialect">Tweants</a></li></ul></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal"> <i>West Low Franconian dialects</i></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><a 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Data taken from an EU survey.<sup id="cite_ref-Ebs_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ebs-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Knowledge_German_Netherlands_2005.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Knowledge_German_Netherlands_2005.png/275px-Knowledge_German_Netherlands_2005.png" decoding="async" width="275" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Knowledge_German_Netherlands_2005.png/413px-Knowledge_German_Netherlands_2005.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Knowledge_German_Netherlands_2005.png/550px-Knowledge_German_Netherlands_2005.png 2x" data-file-width="781" data-file-height="417" /></a><figcaption>Knowledge of the German language in the Netherlands, 2005. According to the Eurobarometer: 70% of the respondents indicated that they know German well enough to have a conversation. Of these 12% (per cent, not percentage points) reported a very good knowledge of the language whereas 22% had a good knowledge and 43% basic German skills.</figcaption></figure> <p>The predominant language of the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> is <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>, spoken and written by almost all people in the Netherlands. Dutch is also spoken and official in <a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saba_(island)" title="Saba (island)">Saba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a> and <a href="/wiki/Suriname" title="Suriname">Suriname</a>. It is a <a href="/wiki/West_Germanic_languages" title="West Germanic languages">West Germanic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Low_Franconian" title="Low Franconian">Low Franconian</a> language that originated in the Early Middle Ages (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 470) and was standardised in the 16th century. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/West_Frisian_language" title="West Frisian language">West Frisian</a> is a co-official language in the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Netherlands" title="Provinces of the Netherlands">province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Friesland" title="Friesland">Friesland</a>. West Frisian is spoken by 453,000 speakers.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> is an official language in the special municipalities of <a href="/wiki/Saba_(island)" title="Saba (island)">Saba</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a> (<a href="/wiki/BES_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="BES Islands">BES Islands</a>), as well as the autonomous states of <a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a>. It is widely spoken on Saba and Sint Eustatius. On Saba and St. Eustatius, the majority of the education is in English only, with some bilingual English-Dutch schools. 90-93% of the Dutch people can also speak English as a foreign language. (see also: <a href="/wiki/English_language_in_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="English language in the Netherlands">English language in the Netherlands</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papiamento" title="Papiamento">Papiamento</a> is an official language in the special municipality of <a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a>. It is also the native language in the autonomous states of <a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Low_Saxon_dialects_in_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Low Saxon dialects in the Netherlands">Several dialects</a> of <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Low_Saxon" title="Dutch Low Saxon">Dutch Low Saxon</a> are spoken in much of the north-east of the country and are recognised as regional languages according to the <a href="/wiki/European_Charter_for_Regional_or_Minority_Languages" title="European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages">European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages</a>. Low Saxon is spoken by 1,798,000 speakers.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Another Low Franconian dialect is <a href="/wiki/Limburgish" title="Limburgish">Limburgish</a>, which is spoken in the south-eastern province of <a href="/wiki/Limburg_(Netherlands)" title="Limburg (Netherlands)">Limburg</a>. <a href="/wiki/Limburgish" title="Limburgish">Limburgish</a> is spoken by 825,000 speakers. Though there are movements to have Limburgish recognised as an official language (meeting with varying amounts of success, having previously been recognised as a regional language) Limburgish consists of many differing dialects that share some common aspects, but are quite different.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>However, both <a href="/wiki/West_Low_German" class="mw-redirect" title="West Low German">Low Saxon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Limburgish" title="Limburgish">Limburgish</a> spread across the Dutch-German border and belong to a common Dutch-<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a> <a href="/wiki/Dialect_continuum" title="Dialect continuum">dialect continuum</a>. </p><p>The Netherlands also has its separate <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Sign_Language" title="Dutch Sign Language">Dutch Sign Language</a>, called <i>Nederlandse Gebarentaal</i> (NGT). It has 17,500 users, and in 2021 received the status of recognised language.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 90%<sup id="cite_ref-Ebs_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ebs-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 93%<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the total population are able to converse in <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>, 71% in <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>, 29% in <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> and 5% in <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Minority_languages,_regional_languages_and_dialects_in_the_Benelux"><span id="Minority_languages.2C_regional_languages_and_dialects_in_the_Benelux"></span>Minority languages, regional languages and dialects in the Benelux</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_the_Netherlands&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Minority languages, regional languages and dialects in the Benelux"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Dutch_dialects_according_to_Heeringa.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Map_of_Dutch_dialects_according_to_Heeringa.png/400px-Map_of_Dutch_dialects_according_to_Heeringa.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="394" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Map_of_Dutch_dialects_according_to_Heeringa.png/600px-Map_of_Dutch_dialects_according_to_Heeringa.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Map_of_Dutch_dialects_according_to_Heeringa.png/800px-Map_of_Dutch_dialects_according_to_Heeringa.png 2x" data-file-width="1996" data-file-height="1968" /></a><figcaption> Minority languages, regional languages and dialects in the Netherlands and Belgium based on pronunciation differences using Levenshtein distance.</figcaption></figure> <p>The varieties in the Netherlands can be grouped into a major Low Franconian group, the one around <a href="/wiki/Almere" title="Almere">Almere</a> and the rest.<sup id="cite_ref-researchgate.net_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-researchgate.net-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Limburg is divided into a small area around Weert, a large area until Venlo and an area North of this.<sup id="cite_ref-researchgate.net_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-researchgate.net-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is another major group: Low Saxon divided into three areas.<sup id="cite_ref-researchgate.net_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-researchgate.net-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Urk" title="Urk">Urk</a> is separate.<sup id="cite_ref-researchgate.net_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-researchgate.net-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Friesland" title="Friesland">Friesland</a> hosts many of the varieties obtained.<sup id="cite_ref-researchgate.net_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-researchgate.net-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They can be divided into Frisian, archaic Frisian (<a href="/wiki/Hindeloopen" title="Hindeloopen">Hindeloopen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Schiermonnikoog" title="Schiermonnikoog">Schiermonnikoog</a> and <a href="/wiki/Terschelling" title="Terschelling">Terschelling</a> island), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Friso-Franconian&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Friso-Franconian (page does not exist)">Friso-Franconian</a> varieties (Frisian cities, <a href="/wiki/Midsland" title="Midsland">Midsland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ameland" title="Ameland">Ameland</a> island and <a href="/wiki/Het_Bildt" title="Het Bildt">Het Bildt</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Friso-Saxon" class="mw-redirect" title="Friso-Saxon">Friso-Saxon</a> (in <a href="/wiki/Stellingwerf" title="Stellingwerf">Stellingwerf</a> and variously also <a href="/wiki/Westerkwartier" title="Westerkwartier">Westerkwartier</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-researchgate.net_13-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-researchgate.net-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Possible clustering includes the following possible categories not mentioned hitherto: <i>Zeeland</i> and <i>Central Gelderland</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-researchgate.net_13-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-researchgate.net-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Midsland" title="Midsland">Midsland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ameland" title="Ameland">Ameland</a> island and <a href="/wiki/Het_Bildt" title="Het Bildt">Het Bildt</a> can be grouped together.<sup id="cite_ref-researchgate.net_13-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-researchgate.net-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leeuwarden and possibly <a href="/wiki/Sneek" title="Sneek">Sneek</a> can be grouped together. Dokkum, Stavoren, Kollum and possibly Heerenveen can have single varieties.<sup id="cite_ref-researchgate.net_13-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-researchgate.net-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="West_Frisian">West Frisian</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_the_Netherlands&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: West Frisian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/West_Frisian_language" title="West Frisian language">West Frisian</a> is an official language in the Dutch province of <a href="/wiki/Friesland" title="Friesland">Friesland</a> (<i>Fryslân</i> in West Frisian). The government of the Frisian province is bilingual. Since 1996 West Frisian has been recognised as an official minority language in the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> under the <a href="/wiki/European_Charter_for_Regional_or_Minority_Languages" title="European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages">European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages</a>, although it had been recognised by the Dutch government as the second state language (<i>tweede rijkstaal</i>), with official status in Friesland, since the 1950s. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Mutual_intelligibility" title="Mutual intelligibility">mutual intelligibility</a> in reading between Dutch and Frisian is limited. A <a href="/wiki/Cloze_test" title="Cloze test">cloze test</a> in 2005 revealed native Dutch speakers understood 31.9% of a West Frisian newspaper, 66.4% of an <a href="/wiki/Afrikaans_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Afrikaans language">Afrikaans</a> newspaper and 97.1% of a Dutch newspaper.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/West_Frisian_language" title="West Frisian language">Westlauwers Frisian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wood_Frisian" class="mw-redirect" title="Wood Frisian">Wood Frisian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_Frisian" class="mw-redirect" title="Clay Frisian">Clay Frisian</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Noordhoeks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Noordhoeks (page does not exist)">Noordhoeks</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zuidwesthoeks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zuidwesthoeks (page does not exist)">Zuidwesthoeks</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hindeloopers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hindeloopers (page does not exist)">Hindeloopers</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Westers (page does not exist)">Westers</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aasters (page does not exist)">Aasters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schiermonnikoogs" class="mw-redirect" title="Schiermonnikoogs">Schiermonnikoogs</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Low_Saxon">Low Saxon</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_the_Netherlands&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Low Saxon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Low_Saxon" title="Northern Low Saxon">Northern Low Saxon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gronings" class="mw-redirect" title="Gronings">Gronings</a>-<a href="/wiki/East_Frisian_Low_Saxon" title="East Frisian Low Saxon">East Frisian</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kollumerpompsters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kollumerpompsters (page does not exist)">Kollumerpompsters</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hoogelandsters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hoogelandsters (page does not exist)">Hoogelandsters</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oldambtsters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oldambtsters (page does not exist)">Oldambtsters</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westerwolds&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Westerwolds (page does not exist)">Westerwolds</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Veenkoloniaals&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Veenkoloniaals (page does not exist)">Veenkoloniaals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stadsgronings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stadsgronings (page does not exist)">Stadsgronings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noordenvelds" class="mw-redirect" title="Noordenvelds">Noordenvelds</a> (Noord-Drents)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westphalian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Westphalian language">Westphalian</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westerkwartiers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Westerkwartiers (page does not exist)">Westerkwartiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midden-Drents" class="mw-redirect" title="Midden-Drents">Midden-Drents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zuid-Drents" class="mw-redirect" title="Zuid-Drents">Zuid-Drents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stellingwerfs" class="mw-redirect" title="Stellingwerfs">Stellingwerfs</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gelders-Overijssels&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gelders-Overijssels (page does not exist)">Guelderish-Overijssels</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Urkers" class="mw-redirect" title="Urkers">Urkish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sallands" class="mw-redirect" title="Sallands">Sallands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achterhoeks" class="mw-redirect" title="Achterhoeks">Achterhoeks</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twents" class="mw-redirect" title="Twents">Twents</a> <ul><li>Oost-Twents</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vriezenveens&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vriezenveens (page does not exist)">Vriezenveens</a> (this is actually a separate dialect because of Westfalian influences)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twents-Graafschaps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Twents-Graafschaps (page does not exist)">Twents-Graafschaps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veluws" class="mw-redirect" title="Veluws">Veluws</a> <ul><li>Oost-Veluws</li> <li>West-Veluws</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Low_Franconian">Low Franconian</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_the_Netherlands&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Low Franconian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Frisian mixed dialects <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stadsfries" class="mw-redirect" title="Stadsfries">Stadsfries</a></li> <li>Midlands</li> <li>Amelands</li> <li>Bildts</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Dutch_dialects" title="Central Dutch dialects">Central Dutch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/West_Frisian_(dialect)" class="mw-redirect" title="West Frisian (dialect)">West Frisian</a> <ul><li>Mainland West Frisian</li> <li>Insular West Frisian</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollandic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hollandic">Hollandic</a> <ul><li>Kennemerlandic</li> <li>Zaans</li> <li>Waterlandic</li> <li>Amsterdams</li> <li>Strand-Hollands</li> <li>Haags</li> <li>Rotterdams</li> <li>Utrechts-Alblasserwaards</li> <li>Westhoeks</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kleverlandish" title="Kleverlandish">Kleverlandish</a> <ul><li>Rivierenlands</li> <li>Liemers</li> <li>Nijmeegs</li> <li>North Limburgian</li></ul></li> <li>Central north Brabantian</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeelandic" title="Zeelandic">Zeelandic</a>-<a href="/wiki/West_Flemish" title="West Flemish">West Flemish</a> (including <a href="/wiki/French_Flemish" title="French Flemish">French Flemish</a>) <ul><li>Zeelandic</li> <li>Burger-Zeeuws</li> <li>Coastal West Flemish</li> <li>Continental West Flemish</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Flemish" title="East Flemish">East Flemish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brabantian_dialect" class="mw-redirect" title="Brabantian dialect">Brabantian</a> <ul><li>Northwest Brabantian</li> <li>East Brabantian</li> <li>Kempen Brabantian</li> <li>South Brabantian</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limburgish" title="Limburgish">Limburgish</a> <ul><li>West Limburgish</li> <li>Central Limburgish</li> <li>East Limburgish</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading 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crisis">European debt crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17" title="Malaysia Airlines Flight 17">Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Netherlands" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands">Coronavirus pandemic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_Netherlands" title="Geography of the Netherlands">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_birds_of_the_Netherlands" title="List of birds of the Netherlands">Birds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_the_Netherlands_by_province" title="List of cities in the Netherlands by province">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_Works" title="Delta Works">Delta Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_the_Netherlands" title="List of earthquakes in the Netherlands">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_the_Netherlands" title="List of extreme points of the Netherlands">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flood_control_in_the_Netherlands" title="Flood control in the Netherlands">Flood control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groningen_gas_field" title="Groningen gas field">Gas field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_the_Netherlands" title="List of islands of the Netherlands">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_the_Netherlands" title="List of lakes of the Netherlands">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mammals_of_the_Netherlands" title="List of mammals of the Netherlands">Mammals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_and_hills_in_the_Netherlands" title="List of mountains and hills in the Netherlands">Mountains and hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_Netherlands" title="List of regions of the Netherlands">Regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_the_Netherlands" title="List of rivers of the Netherlands">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhine%E2%80%93Meuse%E2%80%93Scheldt_delta" title="Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta">Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_the_Netherlands" title="List of volcanoes in the Netherlands">Volcanoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_Netherlands" title="List of World Heritage Sites in the Netherlands">World Heritage Sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zuiderzee_Works" title="Zuiderzee Works">Zuiderzee Works</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_Netherlands" title="Politics of the Netherlands">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_the_Netherlands" title="Abortion in the Netherlands">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_Netherlands" title="Cabinet of the Netherlands">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_the_Netherlands" title="Climate change in the Netherlands">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Netherlands" title="Constitution of the Netherlands">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_the_Netherlands" title="Corruption in the Netherlands">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Netherlands" title="Demographics of the Netherlands">Demographics</a></li> 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AEX_index" title="AEX index">AEX index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Nederlandsche_Bank" title="De Nederlandsche Bank">Central bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_the_Netherlands" title="Energy in the Netherlands">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euronext" title="Euronext">Euronext</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polder_model" title="Polder model">Polder model</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_the_Netherlands" title="Taxation in the Netherlands">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_the_Netherlands" title="Telecommunications in the Netherlands">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_Netherlands" title="Tourism in the Netherlands">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trade_unions_in_the_Netherlands" title="Trade unions in the Netherlands">Trade unions</a></li></ul> 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