Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
France, Spain
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Spanish
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
dankjewel
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Zer moduz?
Good Night
goede Nacht
Gabon
Good Evening
goedenavond
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Egun on
Please
alsjeblieft
Mesedez
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Maite zaitut
Dialect 1
Gronings
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Netherlands
France
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Souletin
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
France, Soule, Spain
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Spain
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
Not available
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
basque
German Name
Niederländisch
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Basque people
Origin
AD 450-500
c. 1000
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Basque
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
basq1248
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
40-AAA-a
Language Type
Historical
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
All Dutch and Basque 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 Dutch and Basque dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Basque language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Basque Dialects are spoken in different Basque speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Basque Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian , Souletin. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dutch and Basque Speaking population
Dutch and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Basque 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 Basque on Dutch vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Basque Language Codes
Dutch and Basque language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Basque Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.