Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Galicia
  
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Galicia
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
  
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.
  
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
Similar To
German and English Languages
  
Portuguese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Hallo
  
Ola
  
Thank You
dankjewel
  
Grazas
  
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Que tal estás?
  
Good Night
goede Nacht
  
Boas noites
  
Good Evening
goedenavond
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Morning
goedemorgen
  
Bos días
  
Please
alsjeblieft
  
Por favor
  
Sorry
sorry
  
Síntoo!
  
Bye
vaarwel
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
  
Ámote
  
Excuse Me
pardon
  
Perdoe!
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Eastern Galician
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
East Galicia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
  
Central Galician
  
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
Central Galicia
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Limburgian
  
Western Galician
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
  
West Galicia
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
2.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
22.00 million
  
35
2.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million
  
25
Not Available
  
Native Name
Nederlands
  
Galego
  
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
  
Galego, Gallego
  
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
  
galicien
  
German Name
Niederländisch
  
Galicisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
[ɡaˈleɣo]
  
Ethnicity
Dutch people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
AD 450-500
  
c. 1175
  
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
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
  
Galician
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nl
  
gl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nld
  
glg
  
ISO 639 2/B
dut
  
glg
  
ISO 639 3
nld
  
glg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mode1257
  
gali1258
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
  
51-AAA-ab
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Dutch and Galician Speaking population
Dutch and Galician speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Galician languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Galician Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Galician 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 Galician on Dutch vs Galician where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Galician Language Codes
Dutch and Galician language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Galician Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.