Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
61
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46
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National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Philippines
Second Language
South Africa
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
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Island of Cebu