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Dutch vs Nepali


Nepali vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

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
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

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
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Please
alsjeblieft  
कृपया  

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

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]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

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  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Nepali  

Language Position
48  
99+
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
nep  

ISO 639 3
nld  
npi  

ISO 639 6
nld  
nep  

Glottocode
mode1257  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Dutch and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Nepali language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC. 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 Nepali Language History.

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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.

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