Dutch and Norwegian Speaking countries

Dutch and Norwegian as Minority Language

In Dutch and Norwegian speaking countries you will get the countries which have Dutch and Norwegian 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 Norwegian dialects, then you can go to Dutch vs Norwegian Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Dutch and Norwegian Regulators

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

Dutch and Norwegian Continents

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

Norwegian Interesting Facts:

• Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
• Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.

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