Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
South Africa
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Not Available
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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.
Similar To
Not Available
German and English Languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Thank you
dankjewel
How Are You?
How are you?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
Good Night
goede Nacht
Good Evening
Good Evening
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Good Morning
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Please
Please
alsjeblieft
I Love You
I love you
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
pardon
Dialect 1
American English
Gronings
Where They Speak
United States of America
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Limburgian
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Belgium, Netherlands
Native Name
English
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Not Available
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
anglais
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Englisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Dutch people
Origin
5th Century AD
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Standard English
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Signed English
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
mode1257
Linguasphere
52-ABA
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Synthetic
English and Dutch 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 English and Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Dutch language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common English Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Dutch Difficulty
The English vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Dutch 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 English and Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.