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Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
6  
9

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

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
South Africa  

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

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • 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
French Language  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
22  
12
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
hola  
Hallo  

Thank You
Gracias  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
goedemorgen  

Please
Por Favor  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
triste  
sorry  

Bye
adiós  
vaarwel  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
5
590,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
8
4,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
9
1,300,000.00  
18

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
6.00 million  
25

Native Name
Español  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Spanisch  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
210 BC  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
2  
2
48  
35

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
dut  

ISO 639 3
spa  
nld  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1288  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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

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Spanish and Dutch Speaking population

Spanish and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Dutch on Spanish vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Dutch Language Codes

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

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