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Sindhi vs Dutch


Dutch vs Sindhi


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
South Africa  

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

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

Regulated By
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

Interesting Facts
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
  • 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
Gujarati  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
64  
37
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
42  
31
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Assalam O Alaikum  
Hallo  

Thank You
Meharbani  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
tava kia aayo  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
Subho Bakhair  
goedemorgen  

Please
Mehrbani  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe  
sorry  

Bye
Allah Wahi  
vaarwel  

I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Siraiki  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
Upper Sindh  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
26
590,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Vicholi  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Central Sindh  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
23
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Lari  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Lower Sindh  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
25.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
29.00 million  
37
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.39 %  
36
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
سنڌي  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Sindhi  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
sindhi  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Sindhi-Sprache  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
[sɪndi]  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Sindhi people  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
711 A.D  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Germanic  

Branch
Indic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Sindhi  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
50  
99+
48  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Sindhi  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sd  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
snd  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
snd  
dut  

ISO 639 3
snd  
nld  

ISO 639 6
snd  
nld  

Glottocode
sind1272  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Sindhi and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Sindhi vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Sindhi and Dutch language. History of Sindhi language states that this language originated in 711 A.D 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 Sindhi and Dutch Language History.

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

Sindhi vs Dutch Difficulty

The Sindhi vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sindhi 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 Sindhi and Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sindhi and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sindhi is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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