Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
European Union, Ireland
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Ireland
Second Language
South Africa
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Europe
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Foras na Gaeilge
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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
German and English Languages
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
dankjewel
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
goede Nacht
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
goedenavond
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
alsjeblieft
le do thoil
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
pardon
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Gronings
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Connacht
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Munster
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Ulster
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
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Native Name
Nederlands
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
irlandais moyen
German Name
Niederländisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Irish people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
mode1257
iris1253
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
50-AAA
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
Dutch and Irish 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 Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Irish language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Irish Difficulty
The Dutch vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Irish 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 Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.