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Dutch vs Urdu


Urdu vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Pakistan   

Second Language
South Africa   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
India   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
40   
29

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
خوش آمديد   

Thank You
dankjewel   
آپ کا شکریہ   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
گڈ نائٹ   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
سلام علیکم   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
گڈ آفٹر نون   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
گڈ مارننگ   

Please
alsjeblieft   
براہ مہربانی   

Sorry
sorry   
معاف کرنا   

Bye
vaarwel   
الوداع   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
مجھے تم سے محبت   

Excuse Me
pardon   
معاف کیجئے گا   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
India   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
India   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
South Asia   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
Nederlands   
اُردُو   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Bihari   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
ourdou   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Western   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
48   
35
20   
18

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
ur   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
urd   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
urd   

ISO 639 3
nld   
urd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Dutch and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Urdu language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE. 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 Urdu Language History.

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Dutch and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Urdu language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dutch vs Urdu Difficulty

The Dutch vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Urdu 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 Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.

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