Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Spain
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
- 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
French Language
German and English Languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Gracias
dankjewel
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
Buenas Noches
goede Nacht
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
goedemiddag
Good Morning
Buenos Días
goedemorgen
Please
Por Favor
alsjeblieft
I Love You
Te Quiero
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
pardon
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Gronings
Where They Speak
Mexico
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Cuba
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
Belgium, Netherlands
Native Name
Español
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
espagnol; castillan
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Spanisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Dutch people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1288
mode1257
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
Spanish 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 Spanish and Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Dutch language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Spanish vs Dutch Difficulty
The Spanish vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.