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Dutch and Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
6  
9

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
South Africa  

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

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
16  
6
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
Hallo  

Thank You
grazie  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
buonanotte  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
buonasera  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
goedemorgen  

Please
Per Favore  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
scusate  
sorry  

Bye
arrivederci  
vaarwel  

I Love You
Ti amo  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
590,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Italiano  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
italien  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Italienisch  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
960 BC  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
27  
25
48  
99+

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
dut  

ISO 639 3
ita  
nld  

ISO 639 6
itas  
nld  

Glottocode
ital1282  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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All Italian and Dutch Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Italian and Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Italian and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Italian are spoken in different Italian Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Italian vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Italian dialects include: Romanesco, Central Italian. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Italian and Dutch Speaking population

Italian and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Italian and Dutch on Italian vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and Dutch Language Codes

Italian and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Italian and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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