Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
61
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National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Indonesia
Second Language
South Africa
East Timor, Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Malay language
Derived From
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Malay and Dutch Languages