La isiko lase-Dutch Ihlukile, ikhombisa ukwehluka kwesifunda kanye namathonya angaphandle ngenxa yomthengisi nokuhlola umoya wamaDashi nokuthutheleka kwabokufika.
IHolland namaDashi babambe iqhaza elibalulekile emakhulwini amaningi eminyaka njengesikhungo esivulekile nesibekezelelayo, iDutch Golden Age ibhekwa njenge-zenith.
Ulimi
Ulimi oluyinhloko yiDashi, kanti iFrisian nayo ilulimi olwaziwayo futhi isetshenziswa nguhulumeni wesifundazwe saseFriesland.
Izilimi eziningi zeLower Saxon (iNedersaksisch ngesiDashi) zikhulunywa engxenyeni enkulu yeNyakatho naseMpumalanga futhi zamukelwa yiNetherlands njengezilimi zesifunda ngokwe-European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
Olunye ulimi lwesiDashi olunikezwe isimo solimi lwesifunda isiLimburgish, esikhulunywa esifundazweni esiseningizimu-mpumalanga yeLimburg. Kodwa-ke, womabili ama-Low Saxon namaLimburgish Dutch asabalala anqamula umngcele wase-Dutch-Germany futhi angaphansi kwe-Low Dutch yaseJalimane eqhubekayo ye-Common Dialect.
Inkolo
UbuCalvin baba yisimiso semfundiso yenkolo eHolland ngesikhathi sokuvukelwa kwamaDashi empini eyiminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili. Ezinye izinkolo zazibekezelelwa, kodwa zazingakwazi ukuqhuba inkolo yazo obala.
INetherlands namuhla ingelinye lamazwe ahlonishwa kakhulu eYurophu. Balinganiselwa ku-49,6% abantu abazibiza ngabangakholwa. Abanye bangama-27% amaKatolika, ama-15,7% amaProthestani, nama-5,3% amaSulumane (idatha ye-CBS 2005, 2007).
Ezikhathini zangaphambili, ubuProthestani kwakuyinkolo enkulu kunazo zonke eHolland, kepha bekulokhu kunamaphesenti aphezulu amaRoma Katolika, ayedlondlobele kakhulu ezifundazweni eziseningizimu, kepha futhi ayekhona nakwezinye ezisenyakatho.
Kodwa-ke, phakathi nekhulu leminyaka elidlule amasonto amadala amaProthestani aye ancipha. AmaSulumane aseqalile ukudweba i-niche futhi kwakhiwa amathempeli. IHolland ibuye ibe yidlanzana lamaHindu elincane, iningi labo elenziwe ngabokufika abavela endaweni eyayiyikoloni laseSuriname ngemuva kwenkululeko yalo.
Kukhona neqembu elincane lamaJuda (40.000) elihlala ezweni iningi lizinze e-Amsterdam.