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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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