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Danish and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
5   
10

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   

Second Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages   
Norwegian and Swedish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
20   
17

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Hallo   

Thank You
dankjewel   
Mange tak   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
Hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
God nat   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
God aften   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
God eftermiddag   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
God morgen   

Please
alsjeblieft   
Please   

Sorry
sorry   
Undskyld!   

Bye
vaarwel   
Farvel   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
Jeg elsker dig   

Excuse Me
pardon   
Undskyld mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Scanian   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Sweden   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Jutlandic   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Denmark   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Bornholmsk   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Island of Bornholm   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
5.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
Not Available   

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
5.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
Not Available   

Native Name
Nederlands   
dansk   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Dansk, Rigsdansk   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
danois   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Dänisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Danish people or Danes   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
c. 1100 AD   

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   
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Rigsdansk   

Language Position
48   
35
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Signed Danish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
da   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
dan   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
dan   

ISO 639 3
nld   
dan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
dani1284   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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All Dutch and Danish 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 Danish dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Danish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Danish Dialects are spoken in different Danish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Danish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Danish dialects include: Scanian , Jutlandic. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dutch and Danish Speaking population

Dutch and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish 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 Danish on Dutch vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Danish Language Codes

Dutch and Danish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Danish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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