Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
South Africa
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
German and English Languages
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
dankjewel
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
goede Nacht
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
goedenavond
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
goedemorgen
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
alsjeblieft
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
sorry
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
vaarwel
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
pardon
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Limburgian
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
22.00 million
  
35
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million
  
25
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
Nederlands
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Niederländisch
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Dutch people
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
AD 450-500
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Western
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
nl
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nld
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
dut
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
nld
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mode1257
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional