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Japanese and Dutch


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

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

Second Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Palau  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Korean Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
dankjewel  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
alsjeblieft  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
sorry  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
vaarwel  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
pardon  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
127,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
127,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Nederlands  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Nihongo  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
japonais  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Japanese  

Language Position
48  
99+
8  
8

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
nld  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
nld  
jpn  

Glottocode
mode1257  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Dutch and Japanese Speaking population

Dutch and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Dutch vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Japanese Language Codes

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

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