Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Wales
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Wales
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
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Welsh Language Commissioner
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.
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
German and English Languages
English Language
Derived From
-
British Language
Origin
AD 450-500
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Celtic
Branch
Western
Brythonic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Welsh
Language Position
4831
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Welsh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual