Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Austria
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
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.
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Serbain and Bosnian
Derived From
Not Available
Church Slavonic
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
dankjewel
hvala
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
kako si
Good Night
goede Nacht
laku noć
Good Evening
goedenavond
dobra večer
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
dobar dan
Good Morning
goedemorgen
dobro jutro
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Volim te
Excuse Me
pardon
Ispričavam se
Dialect 1
Gronings
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Croatia
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Croatia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Native Name
Nederlands
hrvatski
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Hrvatski
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
croate
German Name
Niederländisch
Kroatisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Croats
Origin
AD 450-500
9th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Croatian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
croa1245
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
All Dutch and Croatian 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 Croatian dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dutch and Croatian Speaking population
Dutch and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Dutch vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Croatian Language Codes
Dutch and Croatian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Croatian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.