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Indonesian and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Indonesia  

Second Language
South Africa  
East Timor, Indonesia  

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

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Malay language  

Derived From
-  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Halo  

Thank You
dankjewel  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
alsjeblieft  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
sorry  
maaf  

Bye
vaarwel  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
Nederlands  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
indonésien  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
7th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indonesian  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Indonesian  

Language Position
48  
99+
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
ind  

ISO 639 3
nld  
ind  

ISO 639 6
nld  
ind  

Glottocode
mode1257  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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

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Dutch and Indonesian Speaking population

Dutch and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Dutch and Indonesian on Dutch vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Indonesian Language Codes

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

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