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Norwegian and Dutch Speaking countries


Dutch and Norwegian Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

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

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • 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
Swedish and Danish Languages   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Norwegian and Dutch as Minority Language

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

  • Norwegian as minority language: Nynorsk.
  • Dutch as minority language: France, Germany, Indonesia.

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

Norwegian and Dutch Regulators

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

Norwegian and Dutch Continents

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

Norwegian Interesting Facts:

Dutch Interesting Facts:

The Norwegian language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Swedish and Danish Languages whereas Norwegian language is similar to German and English Languages and derived from Not Available.

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