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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

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

Second Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Palau  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
dankjewel  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
alsjeblieft  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
sorry  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
vaarwel  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
pardon  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
32
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
16
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
kansai  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
38
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
25
Not Available  

Native Name
Nederlands  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Not Available  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
japonais  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Japanese  

Language Position
48  
35
8  
8

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
nld  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mode1257  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Dutch and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Japanese language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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

Dutch vs Japanese Difficulty

The Dutch vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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