Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Japan
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Japan
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Palau
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Korean Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Hallo
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
dankjewel
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
goede Nacht
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
goedenavond
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
goedemorgen
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
alsjeblieft
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
vaarwel
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
pardon
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Gronings
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Kagawa
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Hakata
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Kansai
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
kansai
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
日本語
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Not Available
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
japonais
German Name
Niederländisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Japanese
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
nucl1643
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Dutch and Japanese 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 Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dutch and Japanese Speaking population
Dutch and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Dutch vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Japanese Language Codes
Dutch and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.