Spoken by over 30 million speakers across the globe, this West Germanic language is spoken quite widely in the Netherlands and Belgium.
It is considered to be a very close relative to both English and German and the natives considered to be roughly somewhere right between them. Apart from the Netherlands and Belgium, the language is also quite widely spoken in the United States, France, Germany, Canada, Australia and Indonesia.
Let’s now see if learning Dutch is useful in the UK.
There are many different languages in the world and all these different languages seem to have their own set of benefits and advantages of Mastering them.
In order to be truly able to enjoy all the different benefits of a single language, an individual must either achieve proficiency in the language or at least gain a decent level of fluency in the language in terms of all the different skills including speaking skills, listening skills, reading skills and writing skills such as while Learning Dutch.
While it is definitely not easy to master a new language, especially one which is foreign, the hard work always pays off in the end when the said individual gets to enjoy all the benefits of the language.
With that said, it is not necessary that the language which is useful in a specific country or an industry will always be useful in every single industry or every single country. Certain languages only seem to be useful in a specific country or in a specific industry due to dominance or influence in the said area. Hence, it becomes very important for any individual targeting a specific language to explore the usefulness of that language in either the country they wish to live in or the industry they wish to work in. Therefore in this blog we will discuss but Dutch is useful in the UK.
Dutch is one of the most beautiful languages in the world, that is colloquially considered to be, somewhere right between English and German.
With that said, German is one of the most popular European languages apart from French and English is considered to be an extremely popular global language that is most commonly used in the international business forum.
Dutch is no less important but..
This essentially means that, while Dutch might be an influential language, it cannot be compared to both German and English in acceptability or use across the world. When it comes to the UK, English is the most commonly utilized language. English is both used colloquially as well as for any business requirements. This makes Learning Dutch not as useful in the UK as it would be in either Belgium or the Netherlands for that matter.
Throughout this blog, we have discussed all the different reasons by Dutch are not as useful in the UK.
While there is absolutely no doubt that Dutch is one of the most useful languages in the world, considering it has some of the best benefits and advantages of mastering it, as previously mentioned, one of the most advantages languages need not be the most beneficial in all the sectors of life. Dutch is a beautiful language and has an excellent influential status in many different countries. It is also spoken quite extensively in many others. With that said, it cannot be compared to English which is currently the world’s most useful business language.
