Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
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 in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
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
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
78.00 million
  
21
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.