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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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