Countries
Czech Republic, European Union
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Czech Republic
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Interesting Facts
- The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
- 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
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
German and English Languages
Alphabets in
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Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
děkuji
dankjewel
How Are You?
Jak se máš?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
dobrou noc
goede Nacht
Good Evening
dobrý večer
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne
goedemiddag
Good Morning
dobré ráno
goedemorgen
Please
prosím
alsjeblieft
I Love You
Miluji tě
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
promiňte
pardon
Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia
Netherlands
Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Moravian
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
Belgium, Netherlands
Native Name
čeština / český jazyk
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
tchèque
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Tschechisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Czechs
Dutch people
Origin
9th Century
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Czech
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
czec1258
mode1257
Linguasphere
53-AAA-da
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
Czech 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 Czech and Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Czech and Dutch language. Czech word for "Hello" is ahoj or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Czech Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Czech vs Dutch Difficulty
The Czech vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Czech 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 Czech and Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Czech and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Czech is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.