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Dutch vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
6   
9

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Roman Empire   
South Africa   

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

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
17   
7
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic, 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
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)   
Hallo   

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   
goedemorgen   

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   
sorry   

Bye
αντίο (antío)   
vaarwel   

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Greece   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
2,800.00   
99+
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Griko   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
50,000.00   
38
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Mariupol   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Ukraine   
Belgium, Netherlands   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.18 %   
99+
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
ελληνικά   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Neugriechisch   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Hellenic   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Modern Greek   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
74   
99+
48   
35

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
el   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
gre   
dut   

ISO 639 3
ell   
nld   

ISO 639 6
ells   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gree1276   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Greek and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Dutch language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. 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 Greek and Dutch Language History.

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Greek 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 Greek and Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Dutch language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Greek vs Dutch Difficulty

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

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