La tsika dzechiDutch Izvo zvakasiyana, zvinoratidza musiyano wedunhu pamwe nekune dzimwe nyika zvinokonzeresa kumutengesi uye kuongorora mweya wevaDutch uye kuwanda kwevatorwa.
Holland nemaDutch vakaita basa rakakosha kwemazana emakore senzvimbo yakasununguka uye inoshivirira tsika, neDutch Golden Age inoonekwa seye zenith.
Mutauro
Mutauro mukuru chiDutch, nepo Frisian iriwo mutauro unozivikanwa uye unoshandiswa nehurumende yedunhu reFriesland.
Madimikira akati wandei eLower Saxon (Nedersaksisch muchiDutch) anotaurwa munzvimbo zhinji dzekuchamhembe nekumabvazuva uye anozivikanwa neNetherlands semitauro yemudunhu zvichiteerana neEuropean Charter yeRuwa kana Mashoma Mitauro.
Imwe mutauro wechiDutch wakapihwa chinzvimbo chemutauro wedunhu chiLimburgish, icho chinotaurwa mudunhu rekumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweLimburg. Zvisinei, ese maLower Saxon neLimburgish maDutch akapararira achiyambuka muganho weDutch -German uye ndeemumwe anoramba achiderera wechiDutch ChiGerman cheCommon Dialect.
Chitendero
Calvinism yakava dzidziso yezvouMwari muHolland panguva yekumukira kweDutch muhondo yemakore makumi masere. Zvimwe zvitendero zvakabvumirwa, asi zvakange zvisingakwanise kuita chitendero chavo pamberi pevanhu.
Netherlands nhasi ndiyo imwe yenyika dzakanyanyisa kunamata muEurope. Inofungidzirwa kuti 49,6% yevagari vanozviti vasiri vechitendero. Vamwe vese vari 27% Katurike, 15,7% Mapurotesitendi, uye 5,3% veMuslim (CBS data 2005, 2007).
Munguva dzekutanga, chiPurotesitendi chaive chitendero chikuru muHolland, asi kwagara kuine huwandu hwakawanda hwevaRoma Katurike, vaive vakakurumbira kumatunhu ekumaodzanyemba, asiwo varipo chaizvo kumaodzanyemba.
Zvisinei, mukati mezana ramakore rapfuura chechi dzePurotesitendi dzekare dzave kudzikira. ChiIslam chakatanga kuveza niche uye mamosque ari kuvakwa. Holland inogarawo kune vashoma vechiHindu, vazhinji vanoumbwa nevatorwa vanobva kunzvimbo yekare yeSuriname mushure mekusununguka.
Kune zvakare boka diki remaJuda (40.000) vanogara munyika nevazhinji vanogara muAmsterdam.