Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
India
  
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.
Similar To
German and English Languages
  
Bengali and Oriya
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Kamrupi
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
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
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
15.30 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.