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Dutch vs Sundanese


Sundanese vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
West Java   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin, Sundanese   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Western dialect   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Banten   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
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   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
0.57 %   
27

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   

History

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
48   
35
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Dutch and Sundanese Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Sundanese language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Sundanese language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Sundanese language states that this language originated in 5th century AD. 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 Sundanese Language History.

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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.

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