Countries
Fiji, India
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
National Language
India
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
- 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
Urdu
  
German and English Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hindi.jpg#200
  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
dankjewel
  
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
goede Nacht
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
goedenavond
  
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
goedemiddag
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
goedemorgen
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
alsjeblieft
  
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
  
sorry
  
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
vaarwel
  
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Ik hou van jou
  
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
pardon
  
Dialect 1
Khariboli
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Marwari
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Bundeli
  
Limburgian
  
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
  
Belgium, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
260.00 million
  
4
22.00 million
  
35
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million
  
6
6.00 million
  
25
Native Name
हिन्दी
  
Nederlands
  
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
Hollands, Nederlands
  
French Name
hindi
  
néerlandais; flamand
  
German Name
Hindi
  
Niederländisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
  
Dutch people
  
Origin
7th Century
  
AD 450-500
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
  
Standard Dutch
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hi
  
nl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hin
  
nld
  
ISO 639 2/B
hin
  
dut
  
ISO 639 3
hin
  
nld
  
ISO 639 6
hins
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hind1269
  
mode1257
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
  
52-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic