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Dutch Language Union
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Key facts
- Headquarters
- The Hague , Netherlands , Brussels , Belgium
- Official language
- Dutch ( Standard Dutch )
- Membership
- Belgium Netherlands Suriname
- Secretary general
- Kris Van de Poel
- Treaty
- 9 September 1980
- 2022 estimate
- ~25 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Other
- Founded
- 1980
- Location
- The Hague, The Netherlands
- Also known as
- NTU
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.450188.0 · ISNI 0000 0004 1787 1427
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Suriname
- Located in
- The Hague
- Official language
- Dutch
- Headquarters
- The Hague
- Official website
- taalunie.org
- Image
- Taalunie2.jpg
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- archives at
- Letterenhuis
- native label
- Nederlandse Taalunie
- IPv6 routing prefix
- 2001:41f0:1359::/48
- Commons category
- Nederlandse Taalunie
- inception
- 1980-09-09
- postal code
- 2514 JA
- street address
- Leopoldstraat 6 1000 Brussel
- topic's main category
- Category:Member states of the Dutch Language Union
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +31-70-346-95-48
- contact page URL
- taalunie.org/contact
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Dutch Language Union (Dutch: Nederlandse Taalunie [ˈneːdərlɑntsə ˈtaːlˌyni] , NTU) is an international regulatory institution that governs issues regarding the Dutch language. It is best known for its spelling reforms which are promulgated by member states, grammar books, the Green Booklet and its support of Dutch language courses and studies worldwide. It was founded on a treaty concluded between the Netherlands and Belgium (in respect of the Flemish Community) on 9 September 1980. Suriname has been an associate member of the Taalunie since 2004.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dutch Language Union” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.