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Dutch vs Hindi


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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

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, Oceania  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Central Hindi Directorate  

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.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Urdu  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
11  
8

How Many Consonants
21  
11
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
dankjewel  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
alsjeblieft  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
sorry  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
vaarwel  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
pardon  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
32
240,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
16
22,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
18
20,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
38
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
25
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
Nederlands  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
hindi  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
7th Century  

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  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
48  
35
5  
5

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
hin  

ISO 639 3
nld  
hin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
hins  

Glottocode
mode1257  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Dutch and Hindi Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Hindi language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Hindi language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century. 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 Hindi Language History.

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

Dutch vs Hindi Difficulty

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

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