Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Wales
  
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Wales
  
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
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
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 Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
Similar To
German and English Languages
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
Helô
  
Thank You
dankjewel
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
goede Nacht
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
goedenavond
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
goedemorgen
  
Bore da
  
Please
alsjeblieft
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
sorry
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
vaarwel
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
pardon
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
Argentina
  
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
Gwynedd
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Limburgian
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
22.00 million
  
35
7.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million
  
25
Not Available
  
Native Name
Nederlands
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
  
gallois
  
German Name
Niederländisch
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Dutch people
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
AD 450-500
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Western
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
  
Welsh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nl
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nld
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
dut
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
nld
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mode1257
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Dutch and Welsh Speaking population
Dutch and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Welsh 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 Welsh on Dutch vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Welsh Language Codes
Dutch and Welsh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Welsh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.