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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
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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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Russian and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Dutch language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD 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 Russian and Dutch Language History.

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Russian 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 Russian and Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Dutch language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Russian vs Dutch Difficulty

The Russian vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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