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Dutch and Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
6   
9

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
South Africa   

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

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
16   
6
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
Hallo   

Thank You
grazie   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
buonanotte   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
buonasera   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
goedemorgen   

Please
Per Favore   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
scusate   
sorry   

Bye
arrivederci   
vaarwel   

I Love You
Ti amo   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
Italiano   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
italien   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Italienisch   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
960 BC   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
27   
23
48   
35

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
dut   

ISO 639 3
ita   
nld   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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All Italian 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 Italian and Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Italian and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Italian are spoken in different Italian Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Italian vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Italian dialects include: Romanesco, Central Italian. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Italian and Dutch Speaking population

Italian and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % 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 Italian and Dutch on Italian vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and Dutch Language Codes

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

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