Countries
India
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
India
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
-
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
Old German Language
German and English Languages
Derived From
Prakrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5226
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
166
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3621
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Hallo
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
dankjewel
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
goede Nacht
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
goedemiddag
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
goedemorgen
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
alsjeblieft
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
sorry
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
vaarwel
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
pardon
Dialect 1
Not present
Gronings
Where They Speak
-
Netherlands
How Many People Speak
140,000.00590,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
-
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
140,000.004,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Limburgian
Where They Speak
-
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
140,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
07
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
14.10 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
14.10 million22.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
-6.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
sanskrit
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Sanskrit
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers
Dutch people
Origin
2000 B.C.
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Branch
Indic
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Standard Dutch
Language Position
2348
1
120
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Signed Forms
-
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sa
nl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
san
nld
ISO 639 2/B
san
dut
ISO 639 3
san
nld
ISO 639 6
san
nld
Glottocode
sans1269
mode1257
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Ancient
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic