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
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)
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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
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Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
I love you
Excuse Me
pardon
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Gronings
American English
Where They Speak
Netherlands
United States of America
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
United Kingdom
Native Name
Nederlands
English
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
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French Name
néerlandais; flamand
anglais
German Name
Niederländisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Dutch people
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Origin
AD 450-500
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
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Branch
Western
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Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Standard English
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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engs
Glottocode
mode1257
stan1293
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
52-ABA
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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.