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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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