Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
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 in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Gronings
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Greece
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Griko
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Italy
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Origin
AD 450-500
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Hellenic
Branch
Western
Not Available
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
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
mode1257
gree1276
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
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.