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Sanskrit vs Dutch


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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

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

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

Interesting Facts
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • 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
Old German Language   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Prakrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
21   
11

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks   
5
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   
Hallo   

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   
goedemorgen   

Please
कृपया (kripayā)   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
sorry   

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   
vaarwel   

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Not present   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

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

Dialect 3
Not present   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Belgium, Netherlands   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
14.10 million   
99+
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
sanskrit   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Sanskrit   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
2000 B.C.   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Germanic   

Branch
Indic   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Sanskrit   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
Not Available   
48   
35

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sa   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
san   
dut   

ISO 639 3
san   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sans1269   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Sanskrit and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Sanskrit vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Sanskrit and Dutch language. History of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C. 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 Sanskrit and Dutch Language History.

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

Sanskrit vs Dutch Difficulty

The Sanskrit vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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