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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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