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Estonian and Dutch Speaking countries


Dutch and Estonian Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
6   
9

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • 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
Finnish   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Estonian and Dutch as Minority Language

In Estonian and Dutch speaking countries you will get the countries which have Estonian and Dutch as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Estonian as minority language: Denmark, Russia, Sweden.
  • Dutch as minority language: France, Germany, Indonesia.

If you want to compare Estonian and Dutch dialects, then you can go to Estonian vs Dutch Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Estonian and Dutch Regulators

Estonian and Dutch speaking countries provide you Estonian and Dutch regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Institute of the Estonian Language regulates Estonian language.Dutch is regulated by Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union). Also get to learn, Estonian and Dutch Language History.

Estonian and Dutch Continents

Thinking about Estonian and Dutch continents in which Estonian and Dutch speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Estonian and Dutch. Most of the Estonian speaking countries lie in Europe. While Dutch speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe, North America, South America. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Estonian and Dutch languages:

Estonian Interesting Facts:

Dutch Interesting Facts:

The Estonian language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Finnish whereas Estonian language is similar to German and English Languages and derived from Not Available.

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