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Dutch and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
6  
9

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
South Africa  

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

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
28  
18
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
88 weeks  
19
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
Hallo  

Thank You
شكرا  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
goedemorgen  

Please
من فضلك  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
آسف  
sorry  

Bye
وداعا  
vaarwel  

I Love You
أحبك  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
590,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
arabe  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Arabisch  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
512 CE  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Germanic  

Branch
North Arabic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
25  
23
48  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
dut  

ISO 639 3
ara  
nld  

ISO 639 6
ara  
nld  

Glottocode
arab1395  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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All Arabic 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 Arabic and Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Dutch Speaking population

Arabic and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Dutch on Arabic vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Dutch Language Codes

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

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