Dutch and Irish Speaking countries

Dutch and Irish as Minority Language

In Dutch and Irish speaking countries you will get the countries which have Dutch and Irish 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 Irish dialects, then you can go to Dutch vs Irish Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Dutch and Irish Regulators

Dutch and Irish speaking countries provide you Dutch and Irish regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union) regulates Dutch language.Irish is regulated by Foras na Gaeilge. Also get to learn, Dutch and Irish Language History.

Dutch and Irish Continents

Thinking about Dutch and Irish continents in which Dutch and Irish speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Dutch and Irish. Most of the Dutch speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe, North America, South America. While Irish speaking countries lie in Europe. 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 Irish 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.

Irish Interesting Facts:

• In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
• There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.

The Dutch language was derived from and is similar to German and English Languages whereas Dutch language is similar to Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages and derived from .