Countries
Czech Republic, European Union
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
National Language
Czech Republic
  
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
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
  
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language
  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Interesting Facts
- The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  
- 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
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
  
German and English Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Czech-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ahoj
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
děkuji
  
dankjewel
  
How Are You?
Jak se máš?
  
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Good Night
dobrou noc
  
goede Nacht
  
Good Evening
dobrý večer
  
goedenavond
  
Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne
  
goedemiddag
  
Good Morning
dobré ráno
  
goedemorgen
  
Please
prosím
  
alsjeblieft
  
Sorry
litovat
  
sorry
  
Bye
sbohem
  
vaarwel
  
I Love You
Miluji tě
  
Ik hou van jou
  
Excuse Me
promiňte
  
pardon
  
Dialect 1
Chod
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia
  
Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Lach
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Moravian
  
Limburgian
  
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
  
Belgium, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
22.00 million
  
35
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
6.00 million
  
25
Native Name
čeština / český jazyk
  
Nederlands
  
Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina
  
Hollands, Nederlands
  
French Name
tchèque
  
néerlandais; flamand
  
German Name
Tschechisch
  
Niederländisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Ethnicity
Czechs
  
Dutch people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
AD 450-500
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Western
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Standard Forms
Standard Czech
  
Standard Dutch
  
Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
cs
  
nl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ces
  
nld
  
ISO 639 2/B
cze
  
dut
  
ISO 639 3
ces
  
nld
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
czec1258
  
mode1257
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-da
  
52-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Czech 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 Czech and Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Czech and Dutch language. Czech word for "Hello" is ahoj or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Czech Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Czech vs Dutch Difficulty
The Czech vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Czech 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 Czech and Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Czech and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Czech is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.