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Turkish vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
11  
5

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

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

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Merhaba  

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  

Sorry
sorry  
üzgünüm  

Bye
vaarwel  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
32
26,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
16
480,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
18
140,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
38
0.95 %  
21

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
25
15.00 million  
18

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  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Turkic  

Branch
Western  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
48  
35
19  
17

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
tur  

ISO 639 3
nld  
tur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mode1257  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Dutch and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Turkish language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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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.

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