Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
India, Nepal
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Nepal
Second Language
South Africa
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Hindi
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Hallo
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
dankjewel
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
goede Nacht
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
goedenavond
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Good afternoon
Good Morning
goedemorgen
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Sorry
sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
vaarwel
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
pardon
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Gronings
Doteli
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Nepal
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
népalais
German Name
Niederländisch
Nepali
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Nepali
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
nepa1254
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
Dutch and Nepali 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 Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Nepali language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Nepali Difficulty
The Dutch vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.