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Dutch vs 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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Italian and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Dutch language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Dutch Language History.

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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.

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