Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Sweden
Second Language
South Africa
Finland
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Antartica, Europe
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
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.
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Norwegian and Danish Language
Derived From
Not Available
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
dankjewel
tacka dig
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
hur mår du
Good Night
goede Nacht
godnatt
Good Evening
goedenavond
god kväll
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
god eftermiddag
Good Morning
goedemorgen
god morgon
Please
alsjeblieft
vänligen
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
jag älskar dig
Excuse Me
pardon
ursäkta mig
Dialect 1
Gronings
Dialects
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Gabon
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Dialects
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Georgia
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Dialects
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
France
Native Name
Nederlands
Svenska
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Ruotsi, Svenska
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
suédois
German Name
Niederländisch
Schwedisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Origin
AD 450-500
13th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Germanic
Branch
Western
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Old Swedish
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Standard Swedish
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
swed1254
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
52-AAA-ck to -cw
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
All Dutch and Swedish 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 Swedish dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Swedish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Swedish Dialects are spoken in different Swedish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Swedish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Swedish dialects include: Dialects , Dialects. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dutch and Swedish Speaking population
Dutch and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Dutch vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Swedish Language Codes
Dutch and Swedish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Swedish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.