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Dutch and Indonesian Speaking countries


Indonesian and Dutch Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

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

Second Language
South Africa   
East Timor, Indonesia   

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

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages   
Malay language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

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Dutch and Indonesian as Minority Language

In Dutch and Indonesian speaking countries you will get the countries which have Dutch and Indonesian as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Dutch as minority language: France, Germany, Indonesia.
  • Indonesian as minority language: Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands.

If you want to compare Dutch and Indonesian dialects, then you can go to Dutch vs Indonesian Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Dutch and Indonesian Regulators

Dutch and Indonesian speaking countries provide you Dutch and Indonesian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union) regulates Dutch language.Indonesian is regulated by Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa. Also get to learn, Dutch and Indonesian Language History.

Dutch and Indonesian Continents

Thinking about Dutch and Indonesian continents in which Dutch and Indonesian speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Dutch and Indonesian. Most of the Dutch speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe, North America, South America. While Indonesian speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Dutch and Indonesian languages:

Dutch Interesting Facts:

Indonesian Interesting Facts:

The Dutch language was derived from Not Available and is similar to German and English Languages whereas Dutch language is similar to Malay language and derived from Malay and Dutch Languages.

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