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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname

Total No. Of Countries

336
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
South Africa

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

South Africa
France, Germany, Indonesia

Regulated By

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Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)

Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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.

Similar To

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
German and English Languages

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2626
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2121
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

76
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Hallo

Thank You

Thank you
dankjewel

How Are You?

How are you?
hoe gaat het met je?

Good Night

Good Night
goede Nacht

Good Evening

Good Evening
goedenavond

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag

Good Morning

Good Morning
goedemorgen

Please

Please
alsjeblieft

Sorry

Sorry
sorry

Bye

Bye
vaarwel

I Love You

I love you
Ik hou van jou

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
pardon

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Gronings

Where They Speak

United States of America
Netherlands

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.00590,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Low Saxon

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.004,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Limburgian

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Belgium, Netherlands

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.001,300,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1887
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million28.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.32 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million22.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million6.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
Nederlands

Alternative Names

English
Hollands, Nederlands

French Name

anglais
néerlandais; flamand

German Name

Englisch
Niederländisch

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]

Ethnicity

English people
Dutch people

History

Origin

5th Century AD
AD 450-500

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

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Germanic

Branch

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Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch

Standard Forms

Standard English
Standard Dutch

Language Position

348
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

en
nl

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
nld

ISO 639 2/B

eng
dut

ISO 639 3

eng
nld

ISO 639 6

engs
nld

Glottocode

stan1293
mode1257

Linguasphere

52-ABA
52-ACB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Historical

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Synthetic

English and Dutch Alphabets

English and Dutch Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Dutch. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Dutch Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn English and Dutch languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Dutch languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Dutch greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Dutch are Most Spoken Languages.

All English and Dutch Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all English and Dutch dialects. Various dialects of English and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

English and Dutch Speaking population

English and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of English and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak English and Dutch on English vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Dutch Language Codes

English and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.