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Suriname has roughly 14 local languages, but Dutch (Nederlands) is the sole official language and is the language used in education, government, business, and the media. [16] Over 60% of the population are native speakers of Dutch [99] and around 20%–30% speak it as a second language.
Common English country name: Suriname; Official English country name: The Republic of Suriname; Common endonym(s): Official endonym(s): Adjectival(s): Surinamese; Demonym(s): Surinamese; Etymology: From "Surinen", an indigenous people who inhabited the area at the time of European contact. ISO country codes: SR, SUR, 740
Suriname's culture and society strongly reflect the legacy of Dutch colonial rule. It is the only sovereign nation outside Europe where Dutch is the official and prevailing language of government, business, media, and education; an estimated 60% of the population speaks Dutch as a native language.
Official language A language designated as having a unique legal status in the state: typically, the language used in a nation's legislative bodies, and often, official government business. Regional language A language designated as having official status limited to a specific area, administrative division, or territory of the state.
Suriname's culture and society strongly reflect the legacy of Dutch colonial rule. It is the only sovereign nation outside Europe where Dutch is the official and prevailing language of government, business, media, and education; an estimated 60% of the population speaks Dutch as a native language.
This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [ 1 ] Papua New Guinea has the largest number of languages in the world.
Suriname; Dzongkha: Bhutan [33] E ... List of official languages by country and territory; National language; Notes ... Code of Conduct; Developers;
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 – three-letter country codes which allow a better visual association between the codes and the country names than the alpha-2 codes. ISO 3166-1 numeric – three-digit country codes which are identical to those developed and maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division , with the advantage of script ( writing system ...