Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
National Language
East Asia, European Union
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto
  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Interesting Facts
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
- 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
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German and English Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
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Alphabets in
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
Dankon
  
dankjewel
  
How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?
  
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Good Night
Bonan nokton
  
goede Nacht
  
Good Evening
Bonan vesperon
  
goedenavond
  
Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon
  
goedemiddag
  
Good Morning
Bonan matenon
  
goedemorgen
  
Please
Mi petas
  
alsjeblieft
  
Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!
  
sorry
  
Bye
Ĝis poste
  
vaarwel
  
I Love You
Mi amas vin
  
Ik hou van jou
  
Excuse Me
Pardonu!
  
pardon
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Limburgian
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Belgium, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,300,000.00
  
18
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
2.20 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.20 million
  
99+
22.00 million
  
35
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
6.00 million
  
25
Native Name
Esperanto
  
Nederlands
  
Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
Hollands, Nederlands
  
French Name
espéranto
  
néerlandais; flamand
  
German Name
Esperanto
  
Niederländisch
  
Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]
  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Dutch people
  
Origin
1887
  
AD 450-500
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto
  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Standard Forms
Esperanto
  
Standard Dutch
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signuno
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eo
  
nl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
epo
  
nld
  
ISO 639 2/B
epo
  
dut
  
ISO 639 3
epo
  
nld
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
espe1235
  
mode1257
  
Linguasphere
51-AAB-da
  
52-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Constructed
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic
  
Esperanto 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 Esperanto and Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Esperanto and Dutch language. Esperanto word for "Hello" is Halo or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Esperanto Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Esperanto vs Dutch Difficulty
The Esperanto vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Esperanto 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 Esperanto and Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Esperanto and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Esperanto is 6 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.