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Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

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

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

Alphabets
44  
24
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
6  
3

How Many Consonants
33  
23
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
2
590,000.00  
32

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

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
0.32 %  
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  

History

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  

Language Position
5  
5
48  
35

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Hindi and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Dutch language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century 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 Hindi and Dutch Language History.

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

Hindi vs Dutch Difficulty

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

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