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Dutch vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs Dutch


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

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

Second Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
-  

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
dankjewel  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
alsjeblieft  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
sorry  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
vaarwel  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
pardon  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Kathiyawadi  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
46,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Kharwa  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
56,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Surati  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
56,000,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.74 %  
25

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
55.00 million  
16

Native Name
Nederlands  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
goudjrati  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Western  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
48  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Signed Gujarati  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
guj  

ISO 639 3
nld  
guj  

ISO 639 6
nld  
guj  

Glottocode
mode1257  
guja1252  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Dutch and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Gujarati language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Dutch and Gujarati Language History.

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Dutch and Gujarati Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Dutch and Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Gujarati language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dutch vs Gujarati Difficulty

The Dutch vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Gujarati Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Dutch and Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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