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Dutch vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
6  
9

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
28  
18
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
Hallo  

Thank You
شكرا  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
goedemorgen  

Please
من فضلك  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
آسف  
sorry  

Bye
وداعا  
vaarwel  

I Love You
أحبك  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
590,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
6
4,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
3
1,300,000.00  
18

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
6.00 million  
25

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
arabe  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Arabisch  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
512 CE  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Germanic  

Branch
North Arabic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
25  
21
48  
35

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
dut  

ISO 639 3
ara  
nld  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
arab1395  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Arabic and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Dutch language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Arabic and Dutch Language History.

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Arabic and Dutch Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Arabic and Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Dutch language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Arabic vs Dutch Difficulty

The Arabic vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Dutch Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Arabic and Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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