Countries
Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
62
0
46
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National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
South Africa
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Europe
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Romanian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2636
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2129
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Hallo
Përshëndetje
Thank You
dankjewel
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Si jeni?
Good Night
goede Nacht
natën e mirë
Good Evening
goedenavond
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
mirëdita
Good Morning
goedemorgen
mirëmengjes
Please
alsjeblieft
Ju lutem
Sorry
sorry
Me fal
Bye
vaarwel
mirupafshim
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
pardon
Më falni
Dialects
Dialect 1
Gronings
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
590,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Limburgian
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Italy
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00100,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
74
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million7.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
22.00 million3.10 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
6.00 million3.60 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Nederlands
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Shqip
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
albanais
German Name
Niederländisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Albanians
History
Origin
AD 450-500
1462 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
-
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Standard Albanian
Language Position
4814
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
nl
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nld
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
dut
alb
ISO 639 3
nld
sqi
ISO 639 6
nld
sqi
Glottocode
mode1257
alba1267
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic