Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2627
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2115
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hallo
Khurumjari
Thank You
dankjewel
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
goede Nacht
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
goedenavond
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Nongale haugatl
Please
alsjeblieft
Chanbiduna
Sorry
sorry
Saobiganu
Bye
vaarwel
Chatcharage
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
pardon
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Gronings
Loi
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
590,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Pangal
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Limburgian
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
76
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
28.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
22.00 million1.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
6.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Nederlands
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
Meithei
German Name
Niederländisch
Meithei
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Meithei people
Origin
AD 450-500
1700
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Western
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Standard Meithei
Language Position
4838
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
nl
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nld
mni
ISO 639 2/B
dut
mni
ISO 639 3
nld
mni
ISO 639 6
nld
mni
Glottocode
mode1257
mani1292
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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