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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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6
Rank: 9 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Not Available
1.8 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.
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
1.9 Similar To
German and English Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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6
Rank: 3 (Overall)
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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21
Rank: 11 (Overall)
46
Rank: 34 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
4
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hallo
Mhoro
3.2 Thank You
dankjewel
Waita zvako
3.3 How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Wakadini zvako?
3.4 Good Night
goede Nacht
Urare zvakanaka
3.5 Good Evening
goedenavond
Manheru
3.6 Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Masikati
3.7 Good Morning
goedemorgen
Mangwanani
3.8 Please
alsjeblieft
Ndinokumbirawo
3.9 Sorry
sorry
Ndineurombo
3.10 Bye
vaarwel
bye
3.11 I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Ndinokuda
3.12 Excuse Me
pardon
Pamusoro
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Gronings
Hwesa
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Netherlands
Zimbabwe
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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590,000.00
Rank: 32 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Karanga
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
southern Zimbabwe
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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4,000,000.00
Rank: 16 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Limburgian
Zezuru
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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1,300,000.00
Rank: 18 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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7
Rank: 7 (Overall)
4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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28.00 million
Rank: 38 (Overall)
25.00 million
Rank: 40 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.32 %
Rank: 38 (Overall)
0.13 %
Rank: 51 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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22.00 million
Rank: 35 (Overall)
8.30 million
Rank: 51 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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6.00 million
Rank: 25 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
Nederlands
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5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
5.3.4 French Name
néerlandais; flamand
shona
5.3.5 German Name
Niederländisch
Schona-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
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5.5 Ethnicity
Dutch people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
AD 450-500
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Western
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
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6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
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6.3.3 Language Position
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
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6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
nl
sn
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
nld
sna
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
dut
sna
7.3 ISO 639 3
nld
sna
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
mode1257
core1255
7.6 Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
99-AUT-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Historical
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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Dutch and Shona Alphabets

Dutch and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Dutch and Shona. In Dutch Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are Not Available letters. To learn Dutch and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Dutch and Shona languages. The Dutch phonology consist Dutch vowels and Dutch consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Dutch greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Dutch and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Dutch and Shona Speaking population

Dutch and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Dutch and Shona on Dutch vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Shona Language Codes

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

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