Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
European Union, Poland
Total No. Of Countries
62
0
46
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National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Poland
Second Language
South Africa
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Europe
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
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.
- Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
- The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
Derived From
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Origin
AD 450-500
1270
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Slavic
Branch
Western
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Old Polish and Middle Polish
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Polish
Language Position
4824
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
Scope
Individual
Individual