Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Czech Republic, European Union
  
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Czech Republic
  
Second Language
South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Institute of the Czech Language
  
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 Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  
Similar To
German and English Languages
  
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Czech-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
ahoj
  
Thank You
dankjewel
  
děkuji
  
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Jak se máš?
  
Good Night
goede Nacht
  
dobrou noc
  
Good Evening
goedenavond
  
dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
  
dobré odpoledne
  
Good Morning
goedemorgen
  
dobré ráno
  
Please
alsjeblieft
  
prosím
  
Sorry
sorry
  
litovat
  
Bye
vaarwel
  
sbohem
  
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
  
Miluji tě
  
Excuse Me
pardon
  
promiňte
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Chod
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
Chodsko, Bohemia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
  
Lach
  
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Limburgian
  
Moravian
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
  
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
22.00 million
  
35
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million
  
25
Not Available
  
Native Name
Nederlands
  
čeština / český jazyk
  
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
  
Bohemian, Cestina
  
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
  
tchèque
  
German Name
Niederländisch
  
Tschechisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Dutch people
  
Czechs
  
Origin
AD 450-500
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Western
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
  
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
  
Standard Czech
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Czech Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nl
  
cs
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nld
  
ces
  
ISO 639 2/B
dut
  
cze
  
ISO 639 3
nld
  
ces
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mode1257
  
czec1258
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
  
53-AAA-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Dutch and Czech Speaking population
Dutch and Czech speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Czech languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Czech Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Czech language is 0.15 %. 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 Czech on Dutch vs Czech where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Czech Language Codes
Dutch and Czech language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Czech Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.