Countries
Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
62
0
46
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National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
India, Pakistan
Second Language
South Africa
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Hindi Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2653
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
69
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2141
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Hallo
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
dankjewel
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
goede Nacht
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
goedenavond
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
goedemorgen
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
alsjeblieft
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
vaarwel
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
pardon
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Gronings
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
590,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Limburgian
Doabi
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
730
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %1.44 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
22.00 million100.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
6.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Nederlands
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
pendjabi
German Name
Niederländisch
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Punjabis
History
Origin
AD 450-500
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Western
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
4823
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
-
Code
ISO 639 1
nl
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nld
pan
ISO 639 2/B
dut
pan
ISO 639 3
nld
pan
ISO 639 6
nld
panj
Glottocode
mode1257
panj1256
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
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Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional