Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
South Africa
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
German and English Languages
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
dankjewel
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
goede Nacht
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
goedenavond
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
goedemorgen
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
alsjeblieft
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
sorry
  
Me fal
  
Bye
vaarwel
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
pardon
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Limburgian
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
22.00 million
  
35
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million
  
25
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
Nederlands
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
  
Not Available
  
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
  
albanais
  
German Name
Niederländisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Dutch people
  
Albanians
  
Origin
AD 450-500
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nl
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nld
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
dut
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
nld
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mode1257
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Dutch and Albanian Speaking population
Dutch and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available. 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 Dutch and Albanian on Dutch vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Albanian Language Codes
Dutch and Albanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Albanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.