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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   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

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
bonjour   
Hallo   

Thank You
Merci   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
goedemorgen   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
désolé   
sorry   

Bye
au revoir   
vaarwel   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
African French   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
français   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Français   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
français   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Französisch   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
13   
12
48   
35

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
dut   

ISO 639 3
fra   
nld   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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All French 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 French and Dutch dialects. Various dialects of French and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of French are spoken in different French Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking French vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the French dialects include: Quebec French, African French. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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French and Dutch Speaking population

French and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of French and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Dutch on French vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Dutch Language Codes

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

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