Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
European Union, Slovenia
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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.
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
dankjewel
Hvala
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Kako se imate?
Good Night
goede Nacht
Lahko noč
Good Evening
goedenavond
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Dober dan
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Dobro jutro
Please
alsjeblieft
Prosim
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
pardon
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Gronings
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Hungary, Slovenia
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Resian
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Styrian
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Slovenia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
Not available
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
slovène
German Name
Niederländisch
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Slovenes
Origin
AD 450-500
972-1093
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Slovene
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
slov1268
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
53-AAA-f
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
Dutch and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Slovene language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Slovene word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Slovene Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Slovene Difficulty
The Dutch vs Slovene difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Slovene 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 Slovene are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Slovene, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Slovene time required is 44 weeks.