Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Total No. Of Countries
65
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National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Norwegian and Swedish
Derived From
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Old Norse Language