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Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
32   
3

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
France   

Second Language
South Africa   
Africa, Canada   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   

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.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages   
Italian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

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
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
bonjour   

Thank You
dankjewel   
Merci   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
Comment allez-vous?   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
bonne Nuit   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
bonsoir   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
bon Après-Midi   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
Bonjour   

Please
alsjeblieft   
S'il vous plaît   

Sorry
sorry   
désolé   

Bye
vaarwel   
au revoir   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
Je t'aime   

Excuse Me
pardon   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
African French   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Africa   

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

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
1,800,000.00   
16

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
87.00 million   
11

Native Name
Nederlands   
français   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Français   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
français   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Französisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
9th Century   

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 French, Middle French and French   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Standard French   

Language Position
48   
35
13   
12

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
fre   

ISO 639 3
nld   
fra   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
fras   

Glottocode
mode1257   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
51-AAA-i   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Dutch and French Speaking population

Dutch and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and French languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Dutch vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and French Language Codes

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

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