Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
62
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National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Malta
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Europe
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
National Council for the Maltese 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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
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Roman Languages