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Language code: dut

Technical information about ISO 639 language code dut

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The table below provides technical details for the Dutch, Flemish language, designated by the dut code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

dut (Bibliographic)

Name

Official

Dutch, Flemish

Native

Nederlands

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
HollandicBrabantianWest FlemishEast FlemishZeelandicLimburgishDutch Low SaxonSouth Guelderish
Related languages
AfrikaansGermanWest FrisianLuxembourgishLow German
Key facts
The oldest recorded Dutch sentence, “Hebban olla vogala…”, dates from the early 12th centuryDutch has given English words like “cookie”, “yacht” and “boss”The language distinguishes voiced and voiceless velar fricatives—rare in EuropeDutch diminutives are highly productive, using suffixes such as –je, –tje and –etjeThe digraph “ij” is often considered a single letter for crossword puzzles and alphabetical ordering.
Sample phrase

Hallo, hoe gaat het?

Character encodings

ISO 8859-1, ISO 8859-15, Windows 1252, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Dutch, Flemish language, identified by the code dut, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

The ISO 639-2 standard offers two codes for the Dutch, Flemish language: dut for bibliographic purposes and nld for terminology uses.

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