Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
France
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Africa, Canada
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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
Italian Language
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
Merci
dankjewel
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
bonne Nuit
goede Nacht
Good Evening
bonsoir
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
goedemiddag
Good Morning
Bonjour
goedemorgen
Please
S'il vous plaît
alsjeblieft
I Love You
Je t'aime
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
pardon
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Gronings
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Netherlands
Dialect 2
African French
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Africa
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Belgium, Netherlands
Native Name
français
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Français
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
français
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Französisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Dutch people
Origin
9th Century
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Standard French
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
mode1257
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
French 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 French and Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Dutch language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common French Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Dutch Difficulty
The French vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.