Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Bulgaria, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
62
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46
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National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Bulgaria
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Institute for the Bulgarian language
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.
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Macedonian language
Derived From
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-
Origin
AD 450-500
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Slavic
Branch
Western
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
4888
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual