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French and Dutch Speaking countries


Dutch and French Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
6   
9

National Language
France   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
South Africa   

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

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

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French and Dutch as Minority Language

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

  • French as minority language: Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam.
  • Dutch as minority language: France, Germany, Indonesia.

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

French and Dutch Regulators

French and Dutch speaking countries provide you French and Dutch regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française regulates French language.Dutch is regulated by Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union). Also get to learn, French and Dutch Language History.

French and Dutch Continents

Thinking about French and Dutch continents in which French and Dutch speaking countries are present. Check out more information on French and Dutch. Most of the French speaking countries lie in Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America. 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 French and Dutch languages:

French Interesting Facts:

Dutch Interesting Facts:

The French language was derived from Latin and is similar to Italian Language whereas French language is similar to German and English Languages and derived from Not Available.

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