Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
61
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46
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National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
South Africa
Second Language
South Africa
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
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Dutch Language
Origin
AD 450-500
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Germanic
Branch
Western
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
4823
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual