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Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
33   
2

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
South Africa   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Hello   

Thank You
dankjewel   
Thank you   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
How are you?   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
Good Night   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
Good Morning   

Please
alsjeblieft   
Please   

Sorry
sorry   
Sorry   

Bye
vaarwel   
Bye   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
I love you   

Excuse Me
pardon   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
American English   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
Nederlands   
English   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Not Available   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
anglais   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Standard English   

Language Position
48   
35
3   
3

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
eng   

ISO 639 3
nld   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
mode1257   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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Dutch and English Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and English language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 English Language History.

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

Dutch vs English Difficulty

The Dutch vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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