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Dutch vs Ilocano


Ilocano vs Dutch


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

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

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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Commission on the Filipino 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.
  
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages   
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Ilokano Braille, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Kablaaw   

Thank You
dankjewel   
Agyamanak   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
Kumusta?   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
Naimbag a rabii   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
Naimbag a sardam   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
Naimbag a malem   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
Naimbag a bigat   

Please
alsjeblieft   
Not available   

Sorry
sorry   
Agpakawanak   

Bye
vaarwel   
Pakada   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
Ayayatenka   

Excuse Me
pardon   
Maawan-dayawen   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Balangao   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
21,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Bontoc   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
41,000.00   
39

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Not present   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
9.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
0.14 %   
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
9.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
Not Available   

Native Name
Nederlands   
ilokano   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Ilokano, Iloko   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
ilocano   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Ilokano-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Ilocano people   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
18th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Modern Ilocano   

Language Position
48   
35
94   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
ilo   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
ilo   

ISO 639 3
nld   
ilo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
ilok1237   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
31-CBA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Dutch and Ilocano Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Ilocano language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Ilocano language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Ilocano language states that this language originated in 18th 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 Ilocano Language History.

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

Dutch vs Ilocano Difficulty

The Dutch vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Ilocano 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 Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.

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