Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Philippines
Second Language
South Africa
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
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.
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
German and English Languages
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
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-
Origin
AD 450-500
1593
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indonesian
Branch
Western
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Filipino
Language Position
4858
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Signed Tagalog
Scope
Individual
Individual