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Finnish and Dutch Speaking countries


Dutch and Finnish Speaking Countries


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
6   
9

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Estonia   
South Africa   

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

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Finnish and Dutch as Minority Language

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

  • Finnish as minority language: Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden.
  • Dutch as minority language: France, Germany, Indonesia.

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

Finnish and Dutch Regulators

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

Finnish and Dutch Continents

Thinking about Finnish and Dutch continents in which Finnish and Dutch speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Finnish and Dutch. Most of the Finnish speaking countries lie in Asia, 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 Finnish and Dutch languages:

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Dutch Interesting Facts:

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

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