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Dutch vs Hindi


Hindi vs Dutch


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

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, Oceania   

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

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Central Hindi Directorate   

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 Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages   
Urdu   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
11   
8

How Many Consonants
21   
11
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
नमस्ते (Namastē)   

Thank You
dankjewel   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   

Please
alsjeblieft   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
sorry   
खेद (Khēda)   

Bye
vaarwel   
अलविदा (Alavidā)   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   

Excuse Me
pardon   
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Khariboli   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
240,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Marwari   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
22,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Bundeli   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Bundelkhand   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
20,000,000.00   
4

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
380.00 million   
5

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
4.70 %   
5

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
260.00 million   
4

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
120.00 million   
6

Native Name
Nederlands   
हिन्दी   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
hindi   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Hindi   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Hindustani people   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
7th Century   

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   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Standard Hindi   

Language Position
48   
35
5   
5

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
hi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
hin   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
hin   

ISO 639 3
nld   
hin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
hins   

Glottocode
mode1257   
hind1269   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
59-AAF-qf   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Dutch and Hindi Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Hindi language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Hindi language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century. 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 Hindi Language History.

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Dutch and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Hindi language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dutch vs Hindi Difficulty

The Dutch vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.

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