Dutch and Swedish Speaking countries

Dutch vs Swedish Countries

Comparing Dutch vs Swedish countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Dutch and Swedish languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Dutch is official language is 6 whereas total number of countries where Swedish is official language is 4

Find if Dutch and Swedish are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Dutch and Swedish speaking countries will give you the presence of Dutch and Swedish languages in different countries. Along with Dutch vs Swedish countries, you can also compare Dutch vs Swedish.

Dutch and Swedish as Minority Language

In Dutch and Swedish speaking countries you will get the countries which have Dutch and Swedish 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 Swedish dialects, then you can go to Dutch vs Swedish Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Dutch and Swedish Regulators

Dutch and Swedish speaking countries provide you Dutch and Swedish regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union) regulates Dutch language.Swedish is regulated by Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council. Also get to learn, Dutch and Swedish Language History.

Dutch and Swedish Continents

Thinking about Dutch and Swedish continents in which Dutch and Swedish speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Dutch and Swedish. Most of the Dutch speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe, North America, South America. While Swedish speaking countries lie in Antartica, Europe. 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 Swedish 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.

Swedish Interesting Facts:

• In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
• Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.

The Dutch language was derived from and is similar to German and English Languages whereas Dutch language is similar to Norwegian and Danish Language and derived from Old Norse Language.