Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Iran
  
Second Language
South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  
Similar To
German and English Languages
  
Kurdish and Persian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
Salam
  
Thank You
dankjewel
  
mana bebahgsh
  
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
  
chone tao?
  
Good Night
goede Nacht
  
jawáin shap
  
Good Evening
goedenavond
  
jawáin begáh
  
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
goedemorgen
  
jawáin sawáh
  
Please
alsjeblieft
  
Mihrabani kan
  
Sorry
sorry
  
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Bye
vaarwel
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
  
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Excuse Me
pardon
  
mana bebahgsh
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Eastern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Limburgian
  
Southern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
22.00 million
  
35
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million
  
25
Not Available
  
Native Name
Nederlands
  
بلوچی
  
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
  
Baluchi
  
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
  
baloutchi
  
German Name
Niederländisch
  
Belutschisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Dutch people
  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Origin
AD 450-500
  
19th Century
  
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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
  
Balochi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nl
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nld
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
dut
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
nld
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mode1257
  
balo1260
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
  
58-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Dutch and Balochi Speaking population
Dutch and Balochi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Balochi languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Balochi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 %. 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 Balochi on Dutch vs Balochi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Balochi Language Codes
Dutch and Balochi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Balochi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.