What language do people in Holland speak?

Question

please tell me

Answer 1

Dutch is only part of the answer. Check this out from Wikipedia:

The official language is Dutch, which is spoken by practically all inhabitants. Another official language is Frisian, which is spoken in the northern province of Friesland. Frisian is co-official only in the province of Friesland, although with a few restrictions. Several dialects of Low Saxon (Nedersaksisch in Dutch) are spoken in much of the north and east and are recognised by the Netherlands as regional languages according to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. To the south, the Dutch language shifts into other varieties of Low Franconian and German, which may or may not be best classified as Dutch, most notably West Flemish. One of these, Limburgish, which is spoken in the south-eastern province of Limburg, has been recognised as a minority language since 1997. There is a tradition of speaking foreign languages in the Netherlands: about 85% of the total population speaks English, 55–60% speaks German and about 17% speaks French. Note, though, that these percentages do not represent fluency, but basic knowledge.

Hey, and just to make it more fun, Dutch is one of the 3 official languages in neighboring Belgium. I wish I knew how to say that in Frisian or Nedersaksisch!

Answer 2

Holland isn't technically a country, it's the Netherlands ... but the official language is Dutch

Answer 3

Dutch

Answer 4

Dutch

Answer 5

Dutch

Answer 6

Dutch. English too

Answer 7

Dutch and English, many also speak german and/or french

Answer 8

Dutch, which is either based off of english (UK english, not American english) or German. I can't remember which.

Answer 9

the official and main language is dutch, here goes a list of all the languages with the number of speakers

Achterhoeks

[act] Northeastern, Gelderland Province. Alternate names: Achterhoek, Aachterhoeks. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon


Drents

[drt] Drenthe Province, northeastern Netherlands near German border. Alternate names: Drente. Dialects: North Drente (Noord-Drents), South Drente (Zuid-Drents). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon


Dutch

[nld] 12,360,338 in the Netherlands (2000). Population total all countries: 17,370,777. Also spoken in Aruba, Belgium, France, Germany, Indonesia, Netherlands Antilles, Suriname. Alternate names: Nederlands, Hollands. Dialects: Northern North Hollandish (Westfries). The variety of Dutch (not Vlaams) spoken in Belgium is only slightly different from the variety spoken in the Netherlands. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Franconian


Dutch Sign Language

[dse] 20,000 (1986). There are 1,500,000 hearing impaired, 15,000 deaf. Alternate names: Sign Language of the Netherlands, SLN. Classification: Deaf sign language


Frisian, Western

[fri] 700,000 (1976 Stephens). Population includes 400,000 in Friesland, 300,000 elsewhere. Friesland, northern Netherlands. Alternate names: Frysk, Fries. Dialects: Westerlauwers Fries, Súdhoeksk, Wâldfrysk, Klaaifrysk. Linguistically between Dutch and English. Lexical similarity 71% with Standard German, 61% with English, 74% with Eastern Frisian. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Frisian


Gronings

[gos] 592,000 (2003). Groningen Province. Alternate names: Groningen, Grunnings. Dialects: West Groningen (West Gronings), Groningen-East Frisian (Gronings-Oostfries), Veenkoloniaals (Veen Colony), Westerwolds (Westerwold). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon


Limburgisch

[lim] 900,000 in the Netherlands (2001). Depending on the city in Netherlands, 50% to 90% of the population speak it (2001 A. Schunck). Population total all countries: 1,500,000. Maastricht, Heerlen, Roermond, Venlo. Also spoken in Belgium, Germany. Alternate names: Limburgs Plat. Dialects: A Rhenisch-Mass group of dialects, now often combined with the Cleves dialects (Kleverländisch) as 'Rheinmaasländisch'. Limburgisch straddles the borderline between 'Low Franconian' and 'Middle Franconian' varieties. They are more-or-less mutually intelligible with the Ripuarian dialects, but show fewer 'High German shifts' (R. Hahn 2001). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, West Middle German, Rhenisch Franconian

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Romani, Sinte

[rmo] 1,222 in the Netherlands (2000 WCD). Dialects: Manouche. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern


Romani, Vlax

[rmy] 1,000 in the Netherlands. Population includes 500 Kalderash, 500 Lovari. Dialects: Kalderash, Lovari. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Vlax


Sallands

[sdz] Northeastern, Overijssels Province. Sallands in the Center. Alternate names: Salland, Sallan. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon


Stellingwerfs

[stl] Northeastern, Stellingwerven Region, Friesland Province. Centers are Oosterwoolde and Wolvege. Alternate names: Stellingwerfstellingwarfs. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon


Twents

[twd] Northeastern, Overijssels Province. Twents is in the east. Alternate names: Twente. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon


Veluws

[vel] Northeastern, Gelderland Province. Alternate names: Veluwe. Dialects: East Veluws, North Veluws. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon


Vlaams

[vls] 122,000 in the Netherlands (1998 U. of Ghent). The Netherlands, southernmost island of the Province of Zeeland. Alternate names: Flamand, Flemish. Dialects: West Vlaams, Frans Vlaams (Vlaemsch). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Franconian


Zeeuws

[zea] 220,000. The Netherlands: Province of Zeeland, Province of South Holland. (Every island in the Rhine-Scheldt Delta has its own dialect.). Alternate names: Zeaws. Dialects: Goerees, Flakkees, Schouws, Duvelands, Fluplands, Bevelands, Walchers, Axels, Kezands. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Franconian