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Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
5   
10

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
China, Taiwan   

Second Language
South Africa   
Republic of Brazil   

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

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
24   
19

How Many Consonants
21   
11
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
dankjewel   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
alsjeblieft   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
sorry   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
vaarwel   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
pardon   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
Nederlands   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Not Available   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
chinois   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Han   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
48   
35
1   
1

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
chi   

ISO 639 3
nld   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Dutch and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dutch and Chinese Speaking population

Dutch and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Dutch vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Chinese Language Codes

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

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