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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
South Africa
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
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
South Africa
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.9 Similar To
German and English Languages
Dutch Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
32
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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6
Rank: 3 (Overall)
15
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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21
Rank: 11 (Overall)
17
Rank: 7 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hallo
hallo
3.2 Thank You
dankjewel
Dankie
3.3 How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Hoe gaan dit
3.4 Good Night
goede Nacht
goeie nag
3.5 Good Evening
goedenavond
Goeienaand
3.6 Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Goeie middag
3.7 Good Morning
goedemorgen
goeie more
3.8 Please
alsjeblieft
asseblief
3.9 Sorry
sorry
jammer
3.10 Bye
vaarwel
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Ek het jou lief
3.12 Excuse Me
pardon
Verskoon my
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Gronings
Kaapse Afrikaans
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Netherlands
Not Available
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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590,000.00
Rank: 32 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Oranjeriverafrikaans
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Not Available
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
Baster Afrikaans
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Namibia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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1,300,000.00
Rank: 18 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
About English L..
7
Rank: 7 (Overall)
3
Rank: 3 (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)
19.00 million
Rank: 43 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.32 %
Rank: 38 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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22.00 million
Rank: 35 (Overall)
7.10 million
Rank: 58 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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6.00 million
Rank: 25 (Overall)
10.30 million
Rank: 22 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
Nederlands
Afrikaans
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Cape Dutch
5.3.4 French Name
néerlandais; flamand
afrikaans
5.3.5 German Name
Niederländisch
Afrikaans
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
5.5 Ethnicity
Dutch people
Afrikaners
6 History
6.1 Origin
AD 450-500
17th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Germanic
Germanic
6.2.2 Branch
Western
Western
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Standard Afrikaans
6.3.3 Language Position
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
nl
af
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
nld
afr
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
dut
afr
7.3 ISO 639 3
nld
afr
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
7.5 Glottocode
mode1257
afri1274
7.6 Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
52-ACB-ba
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Historical
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic

Dutch and Afrikaans Alphabets

Dutch and Afrikaans Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Dutch and Afrikaans. In Dutch Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Dutch and Afrikaans languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Dutch and Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Dutch and Afrikaans are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Dutch and Afrikaans Speaking population

Dutch and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Afrikaans on Dutch vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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