Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Second Language
South Africa
  
South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
German and English Languages
  
German and English Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
dankjewel
  
dankjewel
  
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
  
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Good Night
goede Nacht
  
goede Nacht
  
Good Evening
goedenavond
  
goedenavond
  
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
  
goedemiddag
  
Good Morning
goedemorgen
  
goedemorgen
  
Please
alsjeblieft
  
alsjeblieft
  
Sorry
sorry
  
sorry
  
Bye
vaarwel
  
vaarwel
  
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
  
Ik hou van jou
  
Excuse Me
pardon
  
pardon
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
Netherlands
  
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Limburgian
  
Limburgian
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
  
Belgium, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
22.00 million
  
35
22.00 million
  
35
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million
  
25
6.00 million
  
25
Native Name
Nederlands
  
Nederlands
  
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
  
Hollands, Nederlands
  
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
  
néerlandais; flamand
  
German Name
Niederländisch
  
Niederländisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Ethnicity
Dutch people
  
Dutch people
  
Origin
AD 450-500
  
AD 450-500
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Western
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
  
Standard Dutch
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nl
  
nl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nld
  
nld
  
ISO 639 2/B
dut
  
dut
  
ISO 639 3
nld
  
nld
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mode1257
  
mode1257
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
  
52-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Dutch and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Dutch language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Dutch Difficulty
The Dutch vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.