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Dutch and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
6  
9

National Language
Russia  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
Afganistan  
South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Hallo  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
goedemorgen  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
sorry  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
vaarwel  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
590,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

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

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Belgium, Netherlands  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
6.00 million  
25

Native Name
Русский  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
russe  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Russisch  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Germanic  

Branch
Eastern  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
7  
7
48  
35

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
dut  

ISO 639 3
rus  
nld  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
russ1263  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
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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All Russian and Dutch Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Russian and Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Dutch Speaking population

Russian and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Russian and Dutch on Russian vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Dutch Language Codes

Russian and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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