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Hebrew vs Dutch


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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