Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Second Language
South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
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.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
German and English Languages
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
dankjewel
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
goede Nacht
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
goedenavond
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
goedemorgen
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
alsjeblieft
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
sorry
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
vaarwel
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
pardon
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Limburgian
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
22.00 million
  
35
5.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million
  
25
Not Available
  
Native Name
Nederlands
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Niederländisch
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Dutch people
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
AD 450-500
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Western
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
  
Slovak
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nl
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nld
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
dut
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
nld
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mode1257
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic