Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
France
Second Language
South Africa
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Italian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
dankjewel
Merci
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
goede Nacht
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
goedenavond
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Bonjour
Please
alsjeblieft
S'il vous plaît
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
pardon
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Gronings
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Netherlands
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
African French
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Northeast France, Switzerland
Native Name
Nederlands
français
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Français
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
français
German Name
Niederländisch
Französisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Not Available
Origin
AD 450-500
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Romance
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Standard French
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
mode1257
stan1290
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Dutch and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and French language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs French Difficulty
The Dutch vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.