Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
India
  
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
India
  
Second Language
South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
German and English Languages
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
dankjewel
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
goede Nacht
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
goedenavond
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
goedemorgen
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
alsjeblieft
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
sorry
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
vaarwel
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
pardon
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Limburgian
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
22.00 million
  
35
14.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million
  
25
Not Available
  
Native Name
Nederlands
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
  
Not Available
  
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Niederländisch
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Dutch people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
AD 450-500
  
2000 B.C.
  
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
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
  
Sanskrit
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nl
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nld
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
dut
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
nld
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mode1257
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Dutch and Sanskrit Speaking population
Dutch and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Dutch and Sanskrit on Dutch vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Sanskrit Language Codes
Dutch and Sanskrit language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Sanskrit Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.