Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
China, Guangdong
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Hawaii
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
你好吗？
Good Night
goede Nacht
晚安
Good Evening
goedenavond
晚上好
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
下午好
Good Morning
goedemorgen
早上好
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
我爱你
Dialect 1
Gronings
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Netherlands
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Hong Kong
Native Name
Nederlands
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
cantonais
German Name
Niederländisch
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Han Chinese
Origin
AD 450-500
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Signed Cantonese
ISO 639 1
nl
No data available
ISO 639 3
nld
No data available
Glottocode
mode1257
cant1236
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
No data available
Language Type
Historical
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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All Dutch and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dutch and Cantonese Speaking population
Dutch and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Dutch vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Cantonese Language Codes
Dutch and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.