Dutch and French Speaking countries

Dutch and French as Minority Language

In Dutch and French speaking countries you will get the countries which have Dutch and French as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

If you want to compare Dutch and French dialects, then you can go to Dutch vs French Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Dutch and French Regulators

Dutch and French speaking countries provide you Dutch and French regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union) regulates Dutch language.French is regulated by Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française. Also get to learn, Dutch and French Language History.

Dutch and French Continents

Thinking about Dutch and French continents in which Dutch and French speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Dutch and French. Most of the Dutch speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe, North America, South America. While French speaking countries lie in Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Dutch and French languages:

Dutch 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.

French Interesting Facts:

• French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
• French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

The Dutch language was derived from Not Available and is similar to German and English Languages whereas Dutch language is similar to Italian Language and derived from Latin.