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Marathi vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
4  
11

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

Second Language
South Africa  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Israel, Mauritius  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  

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.
  
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Konkani Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
16  
13

How Many Consonants
21  
11
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  

Thank You
dankjewel  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  

Please
alsjeblieft  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
sorry  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  

Bye
vaarwel  
बाय (Bāya)  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  

Excuse Me
pardon  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Maharashtrian Konkani  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Kokan  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
2,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Varhadi  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Vidarbha  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Khandeshi  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Khandesh  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
42  
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
71.00 million  
25

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
1.10 %  
19

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
68.00 million  
16

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Nederlands  
मराठी (marāṭhī)  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
marathe  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Marathi  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Marathi people  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
10th 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  
Maharashtri Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Marathi  

Language Position
48  
99+
17  
15

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
mr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
mar  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
mar  

ISO 639 3
nld  
mar  

ISO 639 6
nld  
mar  

Glottocode
mode1257  
mara1378  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
omr  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Dutch and Marathi Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Marathi language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Marathi language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th 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 Marathi Language History.

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

Dutch vs Marathi Difficulty

The Dutch vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.

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