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Dutch vs Hebrew


Countries

Countries
Israel  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
Israel  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
Israel  
South Africa  

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

Minority Language
Poland  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

Interesting Facts
  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew 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
Arabic and Aramaic languages  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
Aramaic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
22  
4
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
0  
6  
3

How Many Consonants
22  
12
21  
11

Scripts
Hebrew  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, 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
שלום (Shalom)  
Hallo  

Thank You
תודה (Toda)  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)  
goedemorgen  

Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)  
sorry  

Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)  
vaarwel  

I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
בבקשה!  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
Israel  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
590,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Israel  
Belgium, Netherlands  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
7  
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
4.40 million  
99+
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
5.60 million  
27
6.00 million  
25

Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
hébreu  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Hebräisch  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
1000 BC  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Germanic  

Branch
Canaanitic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
23  
19
48  
35

Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
he  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
heb  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
heb  
dut  

ISO 639 3
heb  
nld  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
hebr1246  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
12-AAB-a  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Hebrew and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Hebrew vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Hebrew and Dutch language. History of Hebrew language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Hebrew and Dutch Language History.

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

Hebrew vs Dutch Difficulty

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

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