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Dutch and Urdu


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

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

Second Language
Pakistan  
South Africa  

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

Minority Language
India  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
40  
29
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
Hallo  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
goedemorgen  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
sorry  

Bye
الوداع  
vaarwel  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
India  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
12
590,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
India  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

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

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Belgium, Netherlands  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
14
6.00 million  
25

Native Name
اُردُو  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
ourdou  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Urdu  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Germanic  

Branch
Indic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
20  
18
48  
35

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
dut  

ISO 639 3
urd  
nld  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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All Urdu and Dutch Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Urdu and Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Urdu and Dutch Speaking population

Urdu and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Urdu and Dutch on Urdu vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Dutch Language Codes

Urdu and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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