Countries
Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
63
0
46
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National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Malaysia
Second Language
South Africa
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Thailand
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Indonesian Language
Derived From
-
Tamil Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2626
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2124
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Hallo
Hai
Thank You
dankjewel
terima kasih
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Apa khabar?
Good Night
goede Nacht
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
goedenavond
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Selamat pagi
Please
alsjeblieft
sila
Sorry
sorry
maaf
Bye
vaarwel
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
pardon
Maafkan saya
Dialects
Dialect 1
Gronings
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
590,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Pekal
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Limburgian
Musi
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
724
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million175.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %1.16 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
22.00 million77.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
6.00 million98.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Nederlands
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
malais
German Name
Niederländisch
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Malaysian people
History
Origin
AD 450-500
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
-
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
4854
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
nl
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nld
msa
ISO 639 2/B
dut
may
ISO 639 3
nld
zsm
ISO 639 6
nld
may
Glottocode
mode1257
stan1306
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
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Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative