|region = originally [[Western Europe]], today also in the [[Caribbean]], [[South America]], and [[Southern Africa]]; with immigrant communities in [[North America]] and [[Oceania]].
|speakers =
* Native: '''+22 million'''<ref name="taalgebied">{{nlIn iconlang|nl}} {{cite web |url=http://taalunieversum.org/taalpeil/2005/het_nederlandse_taalgebied.html |title=Het Nederlandse taalgebied |accessdate=2008-11-04 |work= |publisher=Nederlandse Taalunie |year=2005}}</ref><ref name="dmfa"/>
|rank = 37 (according to the Nederlandse Taalunie),<ref>{{nlIn iconlang|nl}} [http://taalunieversum.org/taal/vragen/antwoord/4/ ''Hoeveel mensen spreken Nederlands als moedertaal?''] (How many people speak Dutch as mother tongue?), Nederlandse Taalunie, 2005.</ref> 40,<ref name="Taalschrift">{{nlIn iconlang|nl}} G. De Moor in ''Taalschrift. Tijdschrift over taal en taalbeleid'', Dec. 1, 2007.</ref> 43,<ref name=Encarta>{{cite web |url=http://encarta.msn.com/media_701500404/Languages_Spoken_by_More_Than_10_Million_People.html |title=Languages Spoken by More Than 10 Million People |publisher=Microsoft Encarta 2006 }}</ref> 46 ([[List of languages by number of native speakers#10 to 60 million native speakers|ranking by SIL estimate]])
