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Dutch vs Assamese


Assamese vs Dutch


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Bangladesh, Bhutan   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Asam Sahitya Sabha   

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.
  
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
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Similar To
German and English Languages   
Bengali and Oriya   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
11   
8

How Many Consonants
21   
11
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
nomoskaar   

Thank You
dankjewel   
ḍhonyobaaḍ   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
aapuni kene aase?   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
subhoraattri   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
subha gadhuli   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
subha abeli   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
suprobhaat   

Please
alsjeblieft   
anugroha kori   

Sorry
sorry   
moi ḍukkhita   

Bye
vaarwel   
biḍai   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   

Excuse Me
pardon   
kyoma koribo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Kamrupi   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Western Assam   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
6,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Goalpariya   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Western Assam   

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

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Bhakatiya   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Assam   

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
15.30 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
15.00 million   
40

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
Not Available   

Native Name
Nederlands   
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
assamais   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Assamesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Assamese people   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
7th century A.D   

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   
Kamarupa   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Assamese   

Language Position
48   
35
65   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
as   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
asm   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
asm   

ISO 639 3
nld   
asm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
assa1263   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
59-AAF-w   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Dutch and Assamese Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Assamese language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Assamese language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Assamese language states that this language originated in 7th century A.D. 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 Assamese Language History.

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

Dutch vs Assamese Difficulty

The Dutch vs Assamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Assamese 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 Assamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Assamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Assamese time required is Not Available.

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