Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
South Africa
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
South Africa
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
German and English Languages
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Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
dankjewel
Thank you
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
How are you?
Good Night
goede Nacht
Good Night
Good Evening
goedenavond
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Good Morning
Please
alsjeblieft
Please
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
I love you
Excuse Me
pardon
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Gronings
American English
Where They Speak
Netherlands
United States of America
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
United Kingdom
Native Name
Nederlands
English
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
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French Name
néerlandais; flamand
anglais
German Name
Niederländisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Dutch people
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Origin
AD 450-500
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
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Branch
Western
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Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Standard English
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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engs
Glottocode
mode1257
stan1293
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
52-ABA
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Dutch and English Speaking population
Dutch and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and English languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Dutch vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and English Language Codes
Dutch and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
