Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
India, Nepal
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Nepal
Second Language
South Africa
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Hindi
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Hallo
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
dankjewel
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
goede Nacht
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
goedenavond
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Good afternoon
Good Morning
goedemorgen
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Sorry
sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
vaarwel
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
pardon
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Gronings
Doteli
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Nepal
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
népalais
German Name
Niederländisch
Nepali
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Nepali
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
nepa1254
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
All Dutch and Nepali 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 Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dutch and Nepali Speaking population
Dutch and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Dutch vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Nepali Language Codes
Dutch and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.