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Esperanto vs Dutch


Dutch vs Esperanto


Countries

Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
6   
9

National Language
East Asia, European Union   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America   
South Africa   

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

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

Interesting Facts
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
27   
17
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Hallo   

Thank You
Dankon   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
Bonan nokton   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
Bonan vesperon   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
Bonan matenon   
goedemorgen   

Please
Mi petas   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!   
sorry   

Bye
Ĝis poste   
vaarwel   

I Love You
Mi amas vin   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
Pardonu!   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Not present   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Not present   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Not present   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Not present   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Not present   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.20 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
0.20 million   
99+
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
Esperanto   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
espéranto   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Esperanto   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
1887   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Esperanto   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
Not Available   
48   
35

Signed Forms
Signuno   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
eo   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
epo   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
epo   
dut   

ISO 639 3
epo   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
espe1235   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
51-AAB-da   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Constructed   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Synthetic   

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Esperanto and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Esperanto vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Esperanto and Dutch language. History of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887 whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. 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 Esperanto and Dutch Language History.

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Esperanto and Dutch 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 Esperanto and Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Esperanto and Dutch language. Esperanto word for "Hello" is Halo or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Esperanto Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Esperanto vs Dutch Difficulty

The Esperanto vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Esperanto Alphabets and Dutch 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 Esperanto and Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Esperanto and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Esperanto is 6 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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