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Countries

Countries

Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
New Zealand

Total No. Of Countries

61
0 46
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National Language

Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
New Zealand

Second Language

South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Australia, Oceania

Minority Language

France, Germany, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Māori Language Commission

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.
  • "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
  • The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.

Similar To

German and English Languages
Tahitian Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2620
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2110
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

62
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hallo
Hello

Thank You

dankjewel
Mauruuru koutou

How Are You?

hoe gaat het met je?
E pēhea ana koe ?

Good Night

goede Nacht
Night pai

Good Evening

goedenavond
pai ahiahi

Good Afternoon

goedemiddag
Afternoon pai

Good Morning

goedemorgen
Morning pai

Please

alsjeblieft
Tēnā

Sorry

sorry
Aroha mai

Bye

vaarwel
poroporoaki

I Love You

Ik hou van jou
Aroha ahau ki a koe

Excuse Me

pardon
tukua ahau

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gronings
South Island Māori

Where They Speak

Netherlands
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

590,000.00150,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Low Saxon
Western North Island Maori

Where They Speak

Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.00150,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Limburgian
Eastern North Island Maori

Where They Speak

Belgium, Netherlands
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

1,300,000.00150,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

73
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

28.00 million0.18 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.32 %0.01 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

22.00 million0.18 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

6.00 million0.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Nederlands
te Reo Māori

Alternative Names

Hollands, Nederlands
New Zealand Maori

French Name

néerlandais; flamand
maori

German Name

Niederländisch
Maori-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[ˈmaɔɾi]

Ethnicity

Dutch people
Māori people

History

Origin

AD 450-500
1814

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Germanic
Polynesian

Branch

Western
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Dutch
Maori

Language Position

4826
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Maori Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

nl
mi

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nld
mri

ISO 639 2/B

dut
mao

ISO 639 3

nld
mri

ISO 639 6

nld
mri

Glottocode

mode1257
maor1246

Linguasphere

52-ACB-a
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Historical
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
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Dutch and Maori Alphabets

Dutch and Maori Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Dutch and Maori. In Dutch Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Maori Alphabets there are 20 letters. To learn Dutch and Maori languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Dutch and Maori languages. The Dutch phonology consist Dutch vowels and Dutch consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Dutch greetings vs Maori greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Dutch and Maori are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Dutch and Maori Speaking population

Dutch and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maori language is 0.01 %. 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 Maori on Dutch vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Maori Language Codes

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