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Dutch Language



Countries
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Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname 0

Total No. Of Countries
6 9

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname 0

Second Language
South Africa 0

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America 0

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia 0

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union) 0

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.
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Similar To
German and English Languages 0

Derived From
Not Available 0

Alphabets
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Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200 0

Alphabets
26 8

Phonology
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How Many Vowels
6 3

How Many Consonants
21 11

Scripts
Latin 0

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal 0

Hard to Learn
0

Language Levels
6 5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks 6

Greetings
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Hello
Hallo 0

Thank You
dankjewel 0

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je? 0

Good Night
goede Nacht 0

Good Evening
goedenavond 0

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag 0

Good Morning
goedemorgen 0

Please
alsjeblieft 0

Sorry
sorry 0

Bye
vaarwel 0

I Love You
Ik hou van jou 0

Excuse Me
pardon 0

Dialects
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Dialect 1
Gronings 0

Where They Speak
Netherlands 0

How Many People Speak
590,000.00 32

Dialect 2
Low Saxon 0

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands 0

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00 16

Dialect 3
Limburgian 0

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands 0

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00 18

Total No. Of Dialects
7 7

How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
28.00 million 38

Speaking Population
0.32 % 38

Native Speakers
22.00 million 35

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million 25

Native Name
Nederlands 0

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands 0

French Name
néerlandais; flamand 0

German Name
Niederländisch 0

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts] 0

Ethnicity
Dutch people 0

History
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Origin
AD 450-500 0

Language Family
Indo-European Family 0

Subgroup
Germanic 0

Branch
Western 0

Language Forms
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Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch 0

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch 0

Language Position
48 35

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren) 0

Scope
Individual 0

Code
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ISO 639 1
nl 0

ISO 639 2
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ISO 639 2/T
nld 0

ISO 639 2/B
dut 0

ISO 639 3
nld 0

ISO 639 6
Not Available 0

Glottocode
mode1257 0

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a 0

Types of Language
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Language Type
Historical 0

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb 0

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic 0

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Origin of Dutch language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Dutch language is one of the Most Spoken Languages. The origin of Dutch language states that it was put to use in AD 450-500. The history of Dutch language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Dutch Language History.The evolution of Dutch language began with early forms such as Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch. Standard Dutch is the standard form of Dutch language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Dutch Language.

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Dutch population

Dutch population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Dutch language. Dutch language is spoken by 28.00 million people in the world. Most of the Dutch population lies in the Dutch Speaking Countries. Dutch language is spoken as first language by 22.00 million people and as second language by about 6.00 million people. Get to know Dutch speaking population in detail.

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Dutch writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Dutch writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Dutch language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Dutch language. Learn more about . 

Information about Dutch language

Check out all the information about Dutch language here. You may find it interesting to learn Dutch Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Dutch Speaking Countries, Dutch speaking continents and Dutch Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Dutch countries knowing common Dutch Greetings will help you in communicating with Dutch people.

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