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
  
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 in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
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
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
489.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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