Netherlands

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Official Name
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Population Full

17,282,000 (2019 Eurostat)

Principal Languages
Dutch
Literacy Rate
99% (Roser and Ortiz-Ospina 2018)
International Conventions
CDE (1966), CPPDCE (2009), CSICH (2012), ECRML (1996), FCPNM (2005), ICCPR (1978), ILOCITP (1998), UNCRPD (2016), UNDRIP (2007)
General References
Campbell and King 2011, Comrie 1987, Kooij 1987, Stephens 1976
Deaf Population
28,000–932,000 (1998)
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for Netherlands is 18. All are living languages. Of these, 13 are indigenous and 5 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 4 are institutional, 11 are developing, 2 are vigorous, and 1 is in trouble. Also listed are 38 unestablished languages.