Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Iran
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
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Not Available
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
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Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
dankjewel
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
chone tao?
Good Night
goede Nacht
jawáin shap
Good Evening
goedenavond
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Not Available
Good Morning
goedemorgen
jawáin sawáh
Please
alsjeblieft
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
pardon
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Gronings
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Pakistan
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Baluchi
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
baloutchi
German Name
Niederländisch
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Not available
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
AD 450-500
19th 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
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Balochi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
nl
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
balo1260
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
58-AAB-a
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Dutch and Balochi 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 Balochi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Balochi language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Balochi word for "Thank You" is mana bebahgsh. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Balochi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Balochi Difficulty
The Dutch vs Balochi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Balochi 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 Balochi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Balochi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Balochi time required is 44 weeks.