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Greek vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
3  
12

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
South Africa  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Armenian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
dankjewel  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
alsjeblieft  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
sorry  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
vaarwel  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
32
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
16
50,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
18
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
38
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
25
Not Available  

Native Name
Nederlands  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Hellenic  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
48  
35
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
gre  

ISO 639 3
nld  
ell  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
ells  

Glottocode
mode1257  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Dutch and Greek Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Greek language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Greek Language History.

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

Dutch vs Greek Difficulty

The Dutch vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.

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