Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
64
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National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language