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Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
7  
8

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Second Language
South Africa  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

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

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
ciao  

Thank You
dankjewel  
grazie  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
Come stai?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
buongiorno  

Please
alsjeblieft  
Per Favore  

Sorry
sorry  
scusate  

Bye
vaarwel  
arrivederci  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Lazio  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
32
3,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
16
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
38
0.90 %  
22

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
25
14.00 million  
20

Native Name
Nederlands  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Italiano  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
italien  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Italians  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
960 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Romance  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Italian  

Language Position
48  
35
27  
23

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
ita  

ISO 639 3
nld  
ita  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
itas  

Glottocode
mode1257  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
51-AAA-q  

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 Italian Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Italian language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 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 Italian Language History.

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

Dutch vs Italian Difficulty

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

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