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Dutch and Persian


Persian and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
3   
12

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

Second Language
South Africa   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   

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

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

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 Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
سلام   

Thank You
dankjewel   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
صبح به خیر   

Please
alsjeblieft   
لطفا   

Sorry
sorry   
متاسف   

Bye
vaarwel   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
pardon   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Afganistan   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
65.00 million   
17

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
Not Available   

Native Name
Nederlands   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
persan   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Persian people   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Western   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Persian   

Language Position
48   
35
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
per   

ISO 639 3
nld   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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Dutch and Persian Speaking population

Dutch and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Dutch vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Persian Language Codes

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

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