Countries
Wales
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Wales
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Interesting Facts
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
- 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
English Language
German and English Languages
Derived From
British Language
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Origin
9th Century
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Germanic
Branch
Brythonic
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Welsh
Standard Dutch
Language Position
3148
1
120
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Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual