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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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