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Dutch and Italian


Italian and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
7   
8

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
South Africa   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

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

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
ciao   

Thank You
dankjewel   
grazie   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
Come stai?   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
buongiorno   

Please
alsjeblieft   
Per Favore   

Sorry
sorry   
scusate   

Bye
vaarwel   
arrivederci   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
pardon   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
Nederlands   
Italiano   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Italiano   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
italien   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Italians   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
960 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Romance   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Italian   

Language Position
48   
35
27   
23

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
ita   

ISO 639 3
nld   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
mode1257   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
51-AAA-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Dutch and Italian Speaking population

Dutch and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 %. 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 Italian on Dutch vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Italian Language Codes

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

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