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Dutch vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
6   
9

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

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

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
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
Merhaba   
Hallo   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
günaydın   
goedemorgen   

Please
lütfen   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
sorry   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
vaarwel   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
Türkçe   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
turc   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Türkisch   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Germanic   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
19   
17
48   
35

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
dut   

ISO 639 3
tur   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Turkish and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Dutch language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Dutch Language History.

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

Turkish vs Dutch Difficulty

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

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