Countries
Indonesia
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Total No. Of Countries
16
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National Language
Indonesia
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- 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
Malay language
German and English Languages
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
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