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Dutch and Esperanto


Esperanto and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
3  
12

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
South Africa  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Akademio de Esperanto  

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.
  
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Latin and Italian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Halo  

Thank You
dankjewel  
Dankon  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
Bonan matenon  

Please
alsjeblieft  
Mi petas  

Sorry
sorry  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
vaarwel  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
2.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Nederlands  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
espéranto  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Esperanto speakers  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
1887  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Esperanto  

Language Position
48  
99+
33  
31

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
epo  

ISO 639 3
nld  
epo  

ISO 639 6
nld  
epo  

Glottocode
mode1257  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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All Dutch and Esperanto 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 Esperanto dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Esperanto language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Esperanto Dialects are spoken in different Esperanto speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Esperanto Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dutch and Esperanto Speaking population

Dutch and Esperanto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Esperanto languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Esperanto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Esperanto language is 0.03 %. 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 Esperanto on Dutch vs Esperanto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Esperanto Language Codes

Dutch and Esperanto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Esperanto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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