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Dutch and Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
6   
9

National Language
Austria   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
30   
12
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
25   
15
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
bok   
Hallo   

Thank You
hvala   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
kako si   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
laku noć   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
goedemorgen   

Please
molim   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
Oprostite   
sorry   

Bye
Doviđenja   
vaarwel   

I Love You
Volim te   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
hrvatski   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
croate   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
9th century   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
23   
19
48   
35

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
dut   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
croa1245   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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All Croatian and Dutch Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Croatian and Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Croatian and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Croatian are spoken in different Croatian Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Croatian vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Croatian dialects include: Chakavian, Chakavian. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Croatian and Dutch Speaking population

Croatian and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % 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 Croatian and Dutch on Croatian vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Croatian and Dutch Language Codes

Croatian and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Croatian and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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