Dutch
Dutch is one of 99 world languages in the LEXOS registry, belonging to the Indo-European language family. Every word or phrase can be analysed across 6 linguistic levels: phonetics → phonology → morphology → syntax → semantics → pragmatics.
West Germanic branch of Indo-European; Latin script. Official in the Netherlands, Belgium (as Flemish), and Suriname; the historical basis for Afrikaans.
6 Levels of Analysis for Dutch
Other Indo-European languages
Frequently asked about Dutch
What language family does Dutch belong to?
Indo-European.
At which levels can I analyse Dutch?
Six levels: Phonetics (speech sounds, IPA), Phonology (phonemes and sound patterns), Morphology (word structure), Syntax (phrases and sentence structure), Semantics (literal meaning), Pragmatics (meaning in context).
Is Dutch one of the most spoken world languages?
Yes — LEXOS catalogues the 99 most-spoken / most-commercially-relevant world languages, covering every major language family and every continent.