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Urdu and Dutch


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Pakistan  

Second Language
South Africa  
Pakistan  

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

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
India  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
40  
29

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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
dankjewel  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
alsjeblieft  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
sorry  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
vaarwel  
الوداع  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
pardon  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
India  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
32
11,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
India  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
16
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
18
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
38
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
25
43.00 million  
14

Native Name
Nederlands  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Bihari  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
ourdou  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
12th Century CE  

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  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
48  
35
20  
18

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
urd  

ISO 639 3
nld  
urd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mode1257  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Dutch and Urdu Speaking population

Dutch and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Dutch vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Urdu Language Codes

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

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