Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Indonesia
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Indonesia
Second Language
South Africa
East Timor, Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Malay language
Derived From
Not Available
Malay and Dutch Languages
Alphabets in
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Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
dankjewel
Terima kasih
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Apa kabar?
Good Night
goede Nacht
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
goedenavond
Malam yang baik
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Selamat Sore
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Selamat Pagi
Please
alsjeblieft
mohon Untuk
Bye
vaarwel
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Aku cinta kamu
Dialect 1
Gronings
Sundanese
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Indonesia
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Balinese
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Indonesia, Malaysia
Native Name
Nederlands
Bahasa Melayu
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Bahasa Indonesia
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
indonésien
German Name
Niederländisch
Bahasa Indonesia
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Indonesians
Origin
AD 450-500
7th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indonesian
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Old Malay
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Indonesian
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
indo1316
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
No data available
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
Dutch and Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Indonesian language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Indonesian Difficulty
The Dutch vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.