Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Israel
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Israel
Second Language
South Africa
Israel
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Poland
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Academy of the Hebrew Language
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.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
Not Available
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Hallo
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
dankjewel
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
goede Nacht
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
goedenavond
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
goedemorgen
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
alsjeblieft
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
vaarwel
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Dialect 1
Gronings
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Israel
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Israel
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
hébreu
German Name
Niederländisch
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Not Available
Origin
AD 450-500
1000 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Semitic
Branch
Western
Canaanitic
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Modern Hebrew
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
hebr1246
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
12-AAB-a
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Dutch and Hebrew 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 Hebrew greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Hebrew language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Hebrew word for "Thank You" is תודה (Toda). Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Hebrew Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Hebrew Difficulty
The Dutch vs Hebrew difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Hebrew 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 Hebrew are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Hebrew, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Hebrew time required is 44 weeks.