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Urdu vs Dutch


Dutch vs 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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Urdu and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Dutch language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Dutch Language History.

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

Urdu vs Dutch Difficulty

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

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