Konkani and Dutch Speaking countries

Konkani and Dutch as Minority Language

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

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

Konkani and Dutch Regulators

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

Konkani and Dutch Continents

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

Konkani Interesting Facts:

• Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
• Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.

Dutch Interesting Facts:

• 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.

The Konkani language was derived from Sanskrit Language and is similar to Marathi whereas Konkani language is similar to German and English Languages and derived from Not Available.