Kukhulunywa kuphi isiDashi?
Context:IsiDashi siwulimi olusemthethweni eNetherlands uqobo, eBelgium, eSuriname, komasipala baseDutch Caribbean (iSt. Eustatius, Saba neBonaire), Aruba, Curaçao naseSint Maarten. IsiDashi sibuye sibe ulimi olusemthethweni ezinhlanganweni eziningana zamazwe ngamazwe, njenge-European Union, i-Union of South American Nations kanye neCaribbean Community. Ezingeni lemfundo, isiDashi sifundiswa emanyuvesi angaba ngu-175 emazweni angu-40. Abafundi abangaba ngu-15.000 emhlabeni wonke bafunda isiDashi emanyuvesi.  EYurophu, iningi labantu baseNetherlands (lapho kuwukuphela kolimi olusemthethweni olukhulunywa ezweni lonke) kanye nabantu abangaba ngu-60% baseBelgium (njengolunye lwezilimi ezintathu ezisemthethweni) bakhuluma isiDashi. Ngaphandle kwamazwe aseNetherlands, isiDashi siwulimi lwendabuko lwabaningi bezwe laseNingizimu Melika laseSuriname, izwe elaliyi koloni laseDashi, lapho futhi linesimo esisemthethweni, njengoba kunjalo emazweni aseziqhingini zaseCaribbean i-Aruba, iCuraçao neSint Maarten, okuyizwe eliyingxenye yoMbuso waseNetherlands. Kuze kube isigamu sesigidi sezikhulumi zomdabu zihlala e-United States, eCanada nase-Australia zihlanganisiwe,[n 3] futhi izilimi ezincane zomlando ezisengozini yokuqothulwa zisahlala ezingxenyeni zaseFrance, eJalimane nase-Indonesia.[n 4]
IsiDashi sikhulunywa kakhulu eNetherlands, eBelgium naseSuriname, lapho siwulimi olusemthethweni khona. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kufundiswa kwamanye amazwe angu-40 emhlabeni wonke.