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Gujarati vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
India   

Second Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
NA   

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages   
Bengali Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
નમસ્તે (namaste)   

Thank You
dankjewel   
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   

Please
alsjeblieft   
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   

Sorry
sorry   
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   

Bye
vaarwel   
બાય (Bāya)   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   

Excuse Me
pardon   
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Kathiyawadi   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Kharwa   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Not Available   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
0.74 %   
24

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
50.00 million   
22

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
Not Available   

Native Name
Nederlands   
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
goudjrati   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Gujarati-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Gujaratis   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
15   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Western   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
Old Gujarati   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Modern Gujarati   

Language Position
48   
35
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
gu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
guj   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
guj   

ISO 639 3
nld   
guj   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
guja1252   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Dutch and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Gujarati language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. 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 Gujarati Language History.

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

Dutch vs Gujarati Difficulty

The Dutch vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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