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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

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

Second Language
South Africa  
East Timor, Indonesia  

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

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Malay language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Halo  

Thank You
dankjewel  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
alsjeblieft  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
sorry  
maaf  

Bye
vaarwel  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
32
38,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
16
3,300,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
18
6,000,000.00  
7

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
38
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
25
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
Nederlands  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
indonésien  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
7th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indonesian  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Indonesian  

Language Position
48  
35
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
ind  

ISO 639 3
nld  
ind  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mode1257  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Dutch and Indonesian Language History

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

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

Dutch vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Dutch vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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