Countries
Indonesia
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
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 in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Bye
Selamat tinggal
vaarwel
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
Ik hou van jou
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Gronings
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Balinese
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
Belgium, Netherlands
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
Origin
7th Century
AD 450-500
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Old Malay
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
indo1316
mode1257
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
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.