Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total No. Of Countries
62
0
46
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National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Europe
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
University of Sarajevo
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.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
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Dialect 1
Gronings
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
590,000.0013,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Croatia
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00660,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Limburgian
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Croatia
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.0021,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
76
0
188
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