Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
India
  
Second Language
South Africa
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
German and English Languages
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
dankjewel
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
goede Nacht
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
goedenavond
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
goedemorgen
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
alsjeblieft
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
sorry
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
vaarwel
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
pardon
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Limburgian
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
71.00 million
  
25
Native Speakers
22.00 million
  
35
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million
  
25
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Nederlands
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
  
marathe
  
German Name
Niederländisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Dutch people
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
AD 450-500
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Western
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
  
Marathi
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nl
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nld
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
dut
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
nld
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mode1257
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available