official and administrative language of 19 of the 21 constituent nations. Other native spoken languages are, by order of number of speakers: Drenthean (15.1 million), French (915,000), Leudalic (825,000) and Waddish (453,000). Drenthean and Leudalic are respectively, the official and administrative languages of Drenthe and Leudal , while Waddish is protected