Countries
Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
66
0
46
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National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
South Africa
Spain
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Europe
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2627
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2123
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Hallo
Hola
Thank You
dankjewel
Gràcies
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Com estàs?
Good Night
goede Nacht
Bona nit
Good Evening
goedenavond
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Bona tarda
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Bon dia
Please
alsjeblieft
Sisplau
Sorry
sorry
Perdó!
Bye
vaarwel
Adéu
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
T'estimo
Excuse Me
pardon
Dispensi!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Gronings
Caló
Where They Speak
Netherlands
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
590,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Valencian
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Spain
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.002,400,000.00
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Limburgian
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Spain
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00NA
1400
96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
78
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million9.20 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %NA
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
22.00 million4.10 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nederlands
català
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
catalan; valencien
German Name
Niederländisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Catalan people
History
Origin
AD 450-500
c. 1028
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Romance
Branch
Western
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
48NA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
nl
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nld
cat
ISO 639 2/B
dut
cat
ISO 639 3
nld
cat
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
stan1289
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
51-AAA-e
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available