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Dutch vs Persian


Persian vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
3  
12

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
South Africa  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

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

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

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 Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
سلام  

Thank You
dankjewel  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
صبح به خیر  

Please
alsjeblieft  
لطفا  

Sorry
sorry  
متاسف  

Bye
vaarwel  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
pardon  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
32
47,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
16
12,500,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
18
7,900,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
38
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
25
Not Available  

Native Name
Nederlands  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
persan  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Persian people  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Western  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Persian  

Language Position
48  
35
23  
19

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
per  

ISO 639 3
nld  
pes  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mode1257  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Dutch and Persian Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Persian language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Persian Language History.

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

Dutch vs Persian Difficulty

The Dutch vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Persian 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 Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.

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