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
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
German and English Languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
I love you
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
pardon
Dialect 1
American English
Gronings
Where They Speak
United States of America
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Limburgian
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Belgium, Netherlands
Native Name
English
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Not Available
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
anglais
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Englisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Dutch people
Origin
5th Century AD
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Standard English
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Signed English
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
mode1257
Linguasphere
52-ABA
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Synthetic
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.