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Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
23  
4

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Second Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
28  
18

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
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
مرحبا  

Thank You
dankjewel  
شكرا  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
صباح الخير  

Please
alsjeblieft  
من فضلك  

Sorry
sorry  
آسف  

Bye
vaarwel  
وداعا  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
pardon  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
32
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
16
17,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
18
21,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
38
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
25
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
Nederlands  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
arabe  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Arabs  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
512 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Semitic  

Branch
Western  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
48  
35
25  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
ara  

ISO 639 3
nld  
ara  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mode1257  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Dutch and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Arabic language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Dutch and Arabic Language History.

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Dutch and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Arabic language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dutch vs Arabic Difficulty

The Dutch vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Arabic 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 Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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