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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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