Countries
Japan
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Japan
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Palau
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
German and English Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Hallo
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
dankjewel
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
goede Nacht
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
goedemiddag
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
goedemorgen
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
alsjeblieft
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
sorry
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
vaarwel
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
pardon
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Gronings
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Hakata
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kansai
Limburgian
Where They Speak
kansai
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
日本語
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Not Available
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
japonais
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Japanisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Dutch people
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Japanese
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1643
mode1257
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Synthetic
Japanese 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 Japanese and Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Dutch language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Dutch Difficulty
The Japanese vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.