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
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
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
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
28.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.