What is Dutch a close relative of?
German and English
Where is it the majority native language?
Suriname
Where else is it spoken?
Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten
Anywhere else?
France and Germany, Indonesia United States, Canada and Australia combined.
Has Dutch underhgone the German shift?
No
What other languages haven't?
English
How many characteristics are shared with German?
three
What are they?
gramatical genders
Does it include Romance loans?
yes
Where does Afrikaans come frome?
Southern Africa