Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
East Asia, European Union, South America
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
East Asia, European Union
Second Language
South Africa
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Akademio de Esperanto
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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
Similar To
German and English Languages
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
dankjewel
Dankon
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Kiel vi sanas?
Good Night
goede Nacht
Bonan nokton
Good Evening
goedenavond
Bonan vesperon
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Bonan posttagmezon
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Bonan matenon
Please
alsjeblieft
Mi petas
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Mi amas vin
Excuse Me
pardon
Pardonu!
Dialect 1
Gronings
Not present
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Not present
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Not present
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Not present
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Limburgian
Not present
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Not present
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
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Native Name
Nederlands
Esperanto
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
espéranto
German Name
Niederländisch
Esperanto
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[espeˈranto]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
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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
Proto-Esperanto
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Esperanto
Language Position
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Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Signuno
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
mode1257
espe1235
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
51-AAB-da
Language Type
Historical
Constructed
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
Dutch and Esperanto 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 Esperanto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Esperanto language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Esperanto word for "Thank You" is Dankon. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Esperanto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Esperanto Difficulty
The Dutch vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.