Countries
India
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
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 in
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
14.10 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.