Home
Languagevs


Japanese and Dutch


Dutch and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
Japan  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
South Africa  

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

Minority Language
Palau  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
14  
4
21  
11

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Hallo  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
goedemorgen  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
sorry  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
vaarwel  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
590,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
日本語  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Nihongo  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
japonais  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Japanisch  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
1185  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
8  
8
48  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
dut  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
nld  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
nld  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

Summary >>
<< Code

All Japanese 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 Japanese and Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

Japanese and Dutch Speaking population

Japanese and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Dutch on Japanese vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Dutch Language Codes

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

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages