Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Kazakh language agency
  
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 Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
Similar To
German and English Languages
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
dankjewel
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
goede Nacht
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
goedenavond
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
goedemorgen
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
alsjeblieft
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
sorry
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
vaarwel
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
pardon
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Limburgian
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
22.00 million
  
35
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million
  
25
Not Available
  
Native Name
Nederlands
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Niederländisch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Dutch people
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
AD 450-500
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Western
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
  
Kazakh
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nl
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nld
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
dut
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
nld
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mode1257
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative