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Countries
Japan  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

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

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

Alphabets
99  
40
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
14  
4
21  
11

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
590,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Belgium, Netherlands  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
6.00 million  
25

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  

History

Origin
1185  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

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  

Language Position
8  
8
48  
35

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
dut  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
nld  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Japanese and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Dutch language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Dutch Language History.

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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.

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