Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Iran
  
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Iran
  
Second Language
South Africa
  
Not Available
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Antartica
  
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Not Available
  
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
Not Available
  
Similar To
German and English Languages
  
Persian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
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Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Luri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, NA
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
hello
  
Thank You
dankjewel
  
Thank you
  
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
  
how are you
  
Good Night
goede Nacht
  
Good night
  
Good Evening
goedenavond
  
Good evening
  
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
  
Good afternoon
  
Good Morning
goedemorgen
  
Good morning
  
Please
alsjeblieft
  
Please
  
Sorry
sorry
  
sorry
  
Bye
vaarwel
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
  
i love you
  
Excuse Me
pardon
  
excuse me
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Feyli lurish
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
  
Bakhtiari
  
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
Iran
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
3,000,000.00
  
18
Dialect 3
Limburgian
  
Laki
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
  
Iran
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
1,000,000.00
  
20
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
0.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
22.00 million
  
35
0.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million
  
25
89.00 million
  
10
Native Name
Nederlands
  
nanme
  
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
  
Lori, Luri, Luristani
  
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
  
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German Name
Niederländisch
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Dutch people
  
Lurs
  
Origin
AD 450-500
  
19 BC
  
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
  
gd
  
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
  
gd
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
nl
  
12
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nld
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
dut
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
nld
  
12
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mode1257
  
12
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
  
12
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Dutch and Luri 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 Luri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Luri language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Luri word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Luri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Luri Difficulty
The Dutch vs Luri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Luri 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 Luri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Luri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Luri time required is 25 weeks.