Dutch and Maltese Speaking countries

Dutch and Maltese as Minority Language

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

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

Dutch and Maltese Regulators

Dutch and Maltese speaking countries provide you Dutch and Maltese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union) regulates Dutch language.Maltese is regulated by National Council for the Maltese Language. Also get to learn, Dutch and Maltese Language History.

Dutch and Maltese Continents

Thinking about Dutch and Maltese continents in which Dutch and Maltese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Dutch and Maltese. Most of the Dutch speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe, North America, South America. While Maltese speaking countries lie in Europe. 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 Maltese languages:

Dutch 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.

Maltese Interesting Facts:

• Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
• Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.

The Dutch language was derived from Not Available and is similar to German and English Languages whereas Dutch language is similar to Western Arabic Dialects and derived from Roman Languages.