Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
South Africa
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
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.
  
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
Similar To
German and English Languages
  
Assamese and Oriya
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Thank You
dankjewel
  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Good Night
goede Nacht
  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Good Evening
goedenavond
  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Good Morning
goedemorgen
  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Please
alsjeblieft
  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Sorry
sorry
  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Bye
vaarwel
  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Excuse Me
pardon
  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Limburgian
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
215.00 million
  
9
Native Speakers
22.00 million
  
35
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million
  
25
19.00 million
  
16
Native Name
Nederlands
  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
  
bengali
  
German Name
Niederländisch
  
Bengali
  
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Dutch people
  
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Origin
AD 450-500
  
1000–1200 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Western
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
  
Bengali
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nl
  
bn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nld
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
dut
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
nld
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mode1257
  
beng1280
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
  
59-AAF-u
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available