Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Israel
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Israel
Second Language
South Africa
Israel
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Poland
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
-
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2622
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
60
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2122
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hebrew
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hallo
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
dankjewel
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
goede Nacht
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
goedenavond
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
goedemorgen
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
alsjeblieft
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
vaarwel
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
pardon
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Gronings
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Israel
How Many People Speak
590,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Limburgian
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Israel
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
77
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
28.00 million9.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
22.00 million4.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million5.60 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Nederlands
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
hébreu
German Name
Niederländisch
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Hebrew-speaking people
Origin
AD 450-500
1000 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Semitic
Branch
Western
Canaanitic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Modern Hebrew
Language Position
4823
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
nl
he
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nld
heb
ISO 639 2/B
dut
heb
ISO 639 3
nld
heb
ISO 639 6
nld
heb
Glottocode
mode1257
hebr1246
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
12-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic