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Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
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   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
23   
4

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

Second Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
مرحبا   

Thank You
dankjewel   
شكرا   

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

Good Night
goede Nacht   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
صباح الخير   

Please
alsjeblieft   
من فضلك   

Sorry
sorry   
آسف   

Bye
vaarwel   
وداعا   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
pardon   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Maghrebi   

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

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Sudan   

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

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Cyprus, Levant   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
Nederlands   
(al arabiya) العربية   

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

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
arabe   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Arabisch   

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

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Arabs   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
512 CE   

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

Subgroup
Germanic   
Semitic   

Branch
Western   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
48   
35
25   
21

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
ara   

ISO 639 3
nld   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Dutch and Arabic Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Dutch and Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dutch and Arabic Speaking population

Dutch and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Dutch and Arabic on Dutch vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Arabic Language Codes

Dutch and Arabic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Arabic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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