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Slovak and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
4  
11

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Second Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Czech Language  

Derived From
-  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
15  
12

How Many Consonants
21  
11
38  
27

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Ahoj  

Thank You
dankjewel  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
Dobré ráno  

Please
alsjeblieft  
Prosím  

Sorry
sorry  
Pardón!  

Bye
vaarwel  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
5.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Nederlands  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
slovaque  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[ˈsləʊvæk]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
6th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Slavic  

Branch
Western  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Slovak  

Language Position
48  
99+
27  
25

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Slovak Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
slo  

ISO 639 3
nld  
slk  

ISO 639 6
nld  
slk  

Glottocode
mode1257  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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All Dutch and Slovak 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 Slovak dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Slovak language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Slovak Dialects are spoken in different Slovak speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Slovak Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak , Central Slovak. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dutch and Slovak Speaking population

Dutch and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 %. 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 Slovak on Dutch vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Slovak Language Codes

Dutch and Slovak language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Slovak Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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