Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Turkey
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Turkish Language Association
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.
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Azerbaijani Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
dankjewel
teşekkür ederim
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Nasılsın?
Good Night
goede Nacht
İyi Geceler
Good Evening
goedenavond
İyi Akşamlar
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Tünaydın
Good Morning
goedemorgen
günaydın
Please
alsjeblieft
lütfen
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
pardon
Afedersiniz
Dialect 1
Gronings
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Gagauz
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Native Name
Nederlands
Türkçe
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Anatolian, Türkisch
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
turc
German Name
Niederländisch
Türkisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Turkish
Origin
AD 450-500
c. 1350
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Branch
Western
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
nucl1301
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
Dutch and Turkish 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 Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Turkish language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Turkish Difficulty
The Dutch vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Turkish 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 Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.