Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Armenian Highland
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Greek
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Hallo
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
dankjewel
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
goede Nacht
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
goedenavond
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
alsjeblieft
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
pardon
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Gronings
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Not Applicable
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Not Applicable
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
arménien
German Name
Niederländisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Armenians
Origin
AD 450-500
late 5th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
arme1241
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
57-AAA-a
Language Type
Historical
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Dutch and Armenian 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 Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Armenian language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Armenian Difficulty
The Dutch vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Armenian 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 Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.