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Dutch and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

National Language
Indonesia   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
19   
9
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Hallo   

Thank You
Terima kasih   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
Apa kabar?   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
Malam yang baik   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi   
goedemorgen   

Please
mohon Untuk   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
maaf   
sorry   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
vaarwel   

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
Permisi   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00   
8
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
7
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
indonésien   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
7th Century   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
56   
99+
48   
35

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
id   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
ind   
dut   

ISO 639 3
ind   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1316   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Synthetic   

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All Indonesian and Dutch Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Indonesian and Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Indonesian and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Indonesian are spoken in different Indonesian Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Indonesian vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese, Balinese. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Indonesian and Dutch Speaking population

Indonesian and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Indonesian and Dutch on Indonesian vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Dutch Language Codes

Indonesian and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Indonesian and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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