Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
India
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
India
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
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)
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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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Old German Language
Derived From
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Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2652
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
616
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2136
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks20 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hallo
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
dankjewel
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
goede Nacht
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
goedenavond
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
goedemorgen
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
alsjeblieft
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
vaarwel
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
pardon
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Gronings
Not present
Where They Speak
Netherlands
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How Many People Speak
590,000.00140,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Not present
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
-
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00140,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Limburgian
Not present
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
-
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
70
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
28.00 million14.10 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
22.00 million14.10 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
6.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
Nederlands
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
sanskrit
German Name
Niederländisch
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Sanskrit speakers
Origin
AD 450-500
2000 B.C.
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
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Sanskrit
Language Position
4823
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
nl
sa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nld
san
ISO 639 2/B
dut
san
ISO 639 3
nld
san
ISO 639 6
nld
san
Glottocode
mode1257
sans1269
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic