Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Second Language
Spain
  
South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Interesting Facts
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
German and English Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hola
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
dankjewel
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
goede Nacht
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
goedenavond
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
goedemiddag
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
goedemorgen
  
Please
Sisplau
  
alsjeblieft
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
sorry
  
Bye
Adéu
  
vaarwel
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
Ik hou van jou
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
pardon
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Netherlands
  
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Limburgian
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Belgium, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
22.00 million
  
35
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
6.00 million
  
25
Native Name
català
  
Nederlands
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Hollands, Nederlands
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
néerlandais; flamand
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Niederländisch
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Dutch people
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
AD 450-500
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Standard Dutch
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
nl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
nld
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
dut
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
nld
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
mode1257
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
52-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Catalan and Dutch Speaking population
Catalan and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Catalan and Dutch on Catalan vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Catalan and Dutch Language Codes
Catalan and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Catalan and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.