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Dutch vs Sanskrit


Sanskrit vs Dutch


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

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

Second Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages   
Old German Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
16   
13

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
20 weeks   
5

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   

Thank You
dankjewel   
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
शुभः सायंकालः   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
शुभ दुपार   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   

Please
alsjeblieft   
कृपया (kripayā)   

Sorry
sorry   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Bye
vaarwel   
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   

Excuse Me
pardon   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Not Available   

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

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Not Available   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
0   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
14.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
Not Available   

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
14.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
Not Available   

Native Name
Nederlands   
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Not Available   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
sanskrit   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Sanskrit   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
2000 B.C.   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Western   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
Vedic Sanskrit   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Sanskrit   

Language Position
48   
35
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
sa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
san   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
san   

ISO 639 3
nld   
san   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
sans1269   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Ancient   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Dutch and Sanskrit Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Sanskrit language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Sanskrit language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C.. 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 Sanskrit Language History.

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

Dutch vs Sanskrit Difficulty

The Dutch vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.

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