Dutch and Sinhalese Speaking countries

Dutch and Sinhalese as Minority Language

In Dutch and Sinhalese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Dutch and Sinhalese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

If you want to compare Dutch and Sinhalese dialects, then you can go to Dutch vs Sinhalese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Dutch and Sinhalese Regulators

Dutch and Sinhalese speaking countries provide you Dutch and Sinhalese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union) regulates Dutch language.Sinhalese is regulated by Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල). Also get to learn, Dutch and Sinhalese Language History.

Dutch and Sinhalese Continents

Thinking about Dutch and Sinhalese continents in which Dutch and Sinhalese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Dutch and Sinhalese. Most of the Dutch speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe, North America, South America. While Sinhalese speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Dutch and Sinhalese languages:

Dutch 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.

Sinhalese Interesting Facts:

• In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
• Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.

The Dutch language was derived from Not Available and is similar to German and English Languages whereas Dutch language is similar to Maldivian Language and derived from Sanskrit Language.