Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
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
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
pardon
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Gronings
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Kokan
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Vidarbha
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Khandesh
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
Origin
AD 450-500
10th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Marathi
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
mara1378
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
omr
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
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.