Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Norway
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Norway
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Europe, South America
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
goede Nacht
god natt
Good Evening
goedenavond
god kveld
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
goedemorgen
god morgen
Please
alsjeblieft
Vær så snill
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
pardon
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Gronings
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Sogn
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
Norsk
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Norsk
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Niederländisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Norwegians
Origin
AD 450-500
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Germanic
Branch
Western
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
norw1258
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
All Dutch and Norwegian 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 Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dutch and Norwegian Speaking population
Dutch and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available. 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 Norwegian on Dutch vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Norwegian Language Codes
Dutch and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.