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Dutch and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
6  
9

National Language
Germany  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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 English Languages  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
9  
1
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Hallo  

Thank You
Danke  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
goedemorgen  

Please
bitte  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
sorry  

Bye
Tschüs  
vaarwel  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
590,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
13
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Deutsch  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
allemand  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Deutsch  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Germanic  

Branch
Western  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
9  
9
48  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
dut  

ISO 639 3
deu  
nld  

ISO 639 6
deus  
nld  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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All German 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 German and Dutch dialects. Various dialects of German and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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German and Dutch Speaking population

German and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of German and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Dutch on German vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Dutch Language Codes

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

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