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Dutch and Slovene


Slovene and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
European Union, Slovenia  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  

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  
Austria, Hungary, Italy  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  

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.
  
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Serbo-Croatian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Halo  

Thank You
dankjewel  
Hvala  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
Kako se imate?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
Lahko noč  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
Dober večer  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
Dober dan  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
Dobro jutro  

Please
alsjeblieft  
Prosim  

Sorry
sorry  
Oprostite  

Bye
vaarwel  
Nasvidenje  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Ljubim te  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Prekmurje Slovene  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Hungary, Slovenia  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Resian  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Styrian  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Slovenia  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
48  
31

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Nederlands  
Slovenščina  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Slovenian, Slovenscina  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
slovène  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Slowenisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Slovenes  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
972-1093  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Slovene  

Language Position
48  
99+
28  
26

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
sl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
slv  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
slv  

ISO 639 3
nld  
slv  

ISO 639 6
nld  
slv  

Glottocode
mode1257  
slov1268  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
53-AAA-f  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Dutch and Slovene Speaking population

Dutch and Slovene speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Slovene languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Slovene Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovene language is 0.03 %. 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 Slovene on Dutch vs Slovene where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Slovene Language Codes

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

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