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Russian and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
4  
11

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

Second Language
South Africa  
Afganistan  

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

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
dankjewel  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
alsjeblieft  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
sorry  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
vaarwel  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
pardon  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Nederlands  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Russki  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
russe  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Russians  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Slavic  

Branch
Western  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
48  
99+
7  
7

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
rus  

ISO 639 3
nld  
rus  

ISO 639 6
nld  
rus  

Glottocode
mode1257  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
53-AAA-ea  

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

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Dutch and Russian Speaking population

Dutch and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Dutch vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Russian Language Codes

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

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