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Indonesian vs Dutch


Dutch vs 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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Indonesian and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Dutch language. History of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Dutch Language History.

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

Indonesian vs Dutch Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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