Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Ethiopia
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Not Available
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
German and English Languages
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
dankjewel
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
goede Nacht
Dehna dur
Good Evening
goedenavond
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
goedemorgen
i'ndemin adäru
Please
alsjeblieft
i'bakwon
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
afekirishalehu
Dialect 1
Gronings
Gondar
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Gondar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Showa
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
Not Available
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
amharique
German Name
Niederländisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Amharas
Origin
AD 450-500
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Semitic
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Amharic
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
mode1257
amha1245
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
Dutch and Amharic Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Dutch and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Amharic language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Amharic Difficulty
The Dutch vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Amharic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Dutch and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.