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Basque vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
France, Spain  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Spanish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Kaixo  

Thank You
dankjewel  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
Gabon  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
Egun on  

Please
alsjeblieft  
Mesedez  

Sorry
sorry  
Barkatu  

Bye
vaarwel  
Agur  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
France  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
32
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
16
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
18
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
7.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
38
Not Available  

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
25
Not Available  

Native Name
Nederlands  
Not available  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
basque  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Basque people  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Basque  

Language Position
48  
35
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
baq  

ISO 639 3
nld  
eus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mode1257  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Not Available  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Dutch and Basque Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Basque language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000. 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 Basque Language History.

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

Dutch vs Basque Difficulty

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

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