Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
62
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National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Nepal
Second Language
South Africa
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Hindi
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language