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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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
13
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   
28
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Hakata   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

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

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
kansai   
Belgium, Netherlands   

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

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 %   
38

Native Speakers
128.00 million   
9
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
日本語   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
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   
35

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   

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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.

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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.

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