Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
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
Alphabets in
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Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
dankjewel
Mange tak
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Hvordan har du det?
Good Night
goede Nacht
God nat
Good Evening
goedenavond
God aften
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
God eftermiddag
Good Morning
goedemorgen
God morgen
Please
alsjeblieft
Please
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Jeg elsker dig
Excuse Me
pardon
Undskyld mig
Dialect 1
Gronings
Scanian
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Sweden
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Jutlandic
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Denmark
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Bornholmsk
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Island of Bornholm
Native Name
Nederlands
dansk
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Dansk, Rigsdansk
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
danois
German Name
Niederländisch
Dänisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Danish people or Danes
Origin
AD 450-500
c. 1100 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Rigsdansk
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Signed Danish
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
mode1257
dani1284
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
All Dutch and Danish 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 Danish dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Danish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Danish Dialects are spoken in different Danish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Danish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Danish dialects include: Scanian , Jutlandic. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dutch and Danish Speaking population
Dutch and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. 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 Danish on Dutch vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Danish Language Codes
Dutch and Danish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Danish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.