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Dutch vs Hindi


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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