Education from an early age in English and other European languages (mostly German and to a lesser degree French) makes the Dutch some of the most fluent polyglots on the continent, and the most English-proficient country in the world where English isn't official (90% of the population speaks at least some English).
Isifundo esivela ebusheni ngesiNgisi nezinye izilimi zase-Europe (iningi lamaJalimane kuya elincane isiFulentshi) senza amaDashi abe amanye ama-polyglots aqhakazile ezwekazini, futhi izwe lesibili elinobuchule kakhulu ezweni lesiNgisi lapho isiNgisi singekho isikhulu (ngemuva kweSweden; i-90% yabantu abakhuluma okungenani isiNgisi).