Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Europe
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Czech Language
Derived From
Not Available
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
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Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
dankjewel
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
goede Nacht
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
goedenavond
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Dobré ráno
Please
alsjeblieft
Prosím
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
pardon
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Gronings
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
slovaque
German Name
Niederländisch
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Slovaks
Origin
AD 450-500
6th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Slovak
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
slov1269
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
53-AAA-db
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
Dutch and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Slovak language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Slovak Difficulty
The Dutch vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.