Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
West Java
  
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Indonesia
  
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.
  
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
Similar To
German and English Languages
  
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin, Sundanese
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Hallo
  
Halo
  
Thank You
dankjewel
  
Nuhun
  
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Kumaha kabarna?
  
Good Night
goede Nacht
  
Wilujeng kulem
  
Good Evening
goedenavond
  
Wilujeng wengi
  
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
  
Wilujeng siang
  
Good Morning
goedemorgen
  
Wilujeng énjing
  
Please
alsjeblieft
  
Mangga
  
Sorry
sorry
  
Hapunten
  
Bye
vaarwel
  
Wilujeng angkat
  
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
  
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
Excuse Me
pardon
  
Punten
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Western dialect
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
Banten
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
  
Northern dialect
  
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
Bogor
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Limburgian
  
Priangan dialect
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
  
Bandung
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
22.00 million
  
35
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million
  
25
Not Available
  
Native Name
Nederlands
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
  
Priangan, Sunda
  
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
  
soundanais
  
German Name
Niederländisch
  
Sundanesisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Dutch people
  
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Origin
AD 450-500
  
5th century AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
  
Sundanese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nl
  
su
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nld
  
sun
  
ISO 639 2/B
dut
  
sun
  
ISO 639 3
nld
  
sun
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mode1257
  
sund1251
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Dutch and Sundanese 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 Sundanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Sundanese language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Sundanese word for "Thank You" is Nuhun. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Sundanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Sundanese Difficulty
The Dutch vs Sundanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Sundanese 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 Sundanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Sundanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Sundanese time required is Not Available.