Countries
Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
6
9
2
13
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
India, Pakistan
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Not Available
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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
26
8
44
24
Phonology
How Many Vowels
6
3
17
14
How Many Consonants
21
11
27
17
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
6
5
6
5
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks
6
44 weeks
11
Greetings
Hello
Hallo
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
dankjewel
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
goede Nacht
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
goedenavond
Not Available
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Hach ch'i
Please
alsjeblieft
Not Available
Sorry
sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
vaarwel
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
pardon
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Gronings
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Netherlands
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
590,000.00
32
Not Available
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Poguli
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
16
Not Available
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Rambani
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
India
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
18
Not Available
Total No. Of Dialects
7
7
4
4
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
38
5.60 million
99+
Speaking Population
0.32 %
38
Not Available
Native Speakers
22.00 million
35
5.42 million
99+
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million
25
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
kashmiri
German Name
Niederländisch
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Kashmiris or koshur
History
Origin
AD 450-500
12th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Western
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Kashmiri
Language Position
48
35
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
nl
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nld
kas
ISO 639 2/B
dut
kas
ISO 639 3
nld
kas
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
kash1277
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
