Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
South Africa
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
  
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
Similar To
German and English Languages
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
Hola
  
Thank You
dankjewel
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
goede Nacht
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
goedenavond
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
goedemorgen
  
Bon dia
  
Please
alsjeblieft
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
sorry
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
vaarwel
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
pardon
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Limburgian
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
22.00 million
  
35
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million
  
25
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
Nederlands
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Niederländisch
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Dutch people
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
AD 450-500
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nl
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nld
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
dut
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
nld
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mode1257
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
  
51-AAA-e
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Dutch and Catalan Speaking population
Dutch and Catalan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Catalan languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Catalan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Catalan 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 Catalan on Dutch vs Catalan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Catalan Language Codes
Dutch and Catalan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Catalan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.