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Countries

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  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
46  
1

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

Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
32
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

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
38
6.15 %  
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  

History

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  

Language Position
48  
35
2  
2

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Dutch and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Spanish language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Dutch and Spanish Language History.

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Dutch and Spanish Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Dutch and Spanish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Spanish language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Spanish word for "Thank You" is Gracias. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Spanish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dutch vs Spanish Difficulty

The Dutch vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Spanish Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Dutch and Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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