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
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Israel
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
hebr1246
mode1257
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
52-ACB-a
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.