Countries
Israel
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
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 in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Hebrew
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
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
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.