Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
European Union, Malta
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
Alphabets in
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Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
dankjewel
Grazzi
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Kif int?
Good Night
goede Nacht
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
goedenavond
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
goedemorgen
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
alsjeblieft
Jekk jogħġbok
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Inħobbok ħafna
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Malta
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Malta
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Not Present
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
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Native Name
Nederlands
Malti
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Malti
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
maltais
German Name
Niederländisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Maltese
Origin
AD 450-500
c. 1470
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Semitic
Branch
Western
North Abric
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Maltese
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
mode1257
malt1254
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
12-AAC-c
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
All Dutch and Maltese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Dutch and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dutch and Maltese Speaking population
Dutch and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Dutch and Maltese on Dutch vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Maltese Language Codes
Dutch and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.