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Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
46   
1

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Spain   

Second Language
South Africa   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
hola   

Thank You
dankjewel   
Gracias   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
Buenos Días   

Please
alsjeblieft   
Por Favor   

Sorry
sorry   
triste   

Bye
vaarwel   
adiós   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
pardon   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
Nederlands   
Español   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
210 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Romance   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
48   
35
2   
2

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
spa   

ISO 639 3
nld   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Dutch and Spanish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Dutch and Spanish dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Spanish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Spanish Dialects are spoken in different Spanish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Spanish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Spanish dialects include: Mexican Spanish , Cuban Spanish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dutch and Spanish Speaking population

Dutch and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Dutch vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Spanish Language Codes

Dutch and Spanish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Spanish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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