Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
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 in
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Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Ti amo
Ik hou van jou
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Gronings
Where They Speak
Lazio
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Central Italian
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Tuscan
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Italian
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
itas
Not Available
Glottocode
ital1282
mode1257
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
Italian 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 Italian and Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Dutch language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Dutch Difficulty
The Italian vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.