What is in Dutch?

Dutch (or Hollandic, endonym: Nederlands, pronounced [ˈneːdərˌlɑnts] (listen)) is a West Germanic language that is spoken by the vast majority of the population in the Netherlands and, in Belgium, as co-official language of Flanders and the Brussels-Capital Region, along with communities in Suriname, Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, France (French Flanders and in Northern France, especially in and around the cities of Lille and Dunkirk), Germany, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

It is the third most spoken Germanic language after English and German, and the most spoken one that is not of Anglo-Frisian origin. It is also the official language of the Caribbean countries Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten, which are constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Dutch has official status in the Caribbean island territories of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (known as the Caribbean Netherlands).

Dutch has several regional varieties; the spoken languages in the former Dutch colonies of South Africa and Indonesia (Afrikaans and Indonesian, respectively) are daughter languages that descend from the Dutch vernacular of the 17th-century Dutch colonists.

Dutch is closely related to and mutually intelligible with the closely related but distinct Standard German and Standard Frisian. As the name implies, it's mainly spoken in the Netherlands, but as noted, it is an official language in Belgium (alongside French and German), and is also spoken by a significant minority in the north of France. It's also spoken in many former colonies of the Dutch, including South Africa (known as Afrikaans here) and Indonesia.

Here are some common Dutch words and phrases:

* Hello: Hallo

* Goodbye: Tot ziens

* Thank you: Dank u wel

* Yes: Ja

* No: Nee

* I don't understand: Ik begrijp het niet

* Please: Alstublieft

* Excuse me: Pardon

* I'm sorry: Het spijt me

* One beer, please: Eén bier, alstublieft

* Where is the bathroom: Waar is het toilet?

* I would like to order a meal: Ik zou graag een maaltijd willen bestellen

* The check, please: De rekening, alstublieft