Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
61
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National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Philippines
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Commission on the Filipino Language
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.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Derived From
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