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Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
6  
9

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
South Africa  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Hallo  

Thank You
Thank you  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
How are you?  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
Good Night  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
goedemorgen  

Please
Please  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
Sorry  
sorry  

Bye
Bye  
vaarwel  

I Love You
I love you  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
590,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
4,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
1,300,000.00  
18

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
6.00 million  
25

Native Name
English  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
anglais  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Englisch  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
3  
3
48  
35

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
dut  

ISO 639 3
eng  
nld  

ISO 639 6
engs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1293  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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All English and Dutch Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all English and Dutch dialects. Various dialects of English and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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English and Dutch Speaking population

English and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of English and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak English and Dutch on English vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Dutch Language Codes

English and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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