Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Second Language
South Africa
  
Karnataka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
- Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
  
Similar To
German and English Languages
  
Tamil
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Telugu Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
హలో (Halō)
  
Thank You
dankjewel
  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Good Night
goede Nacht
  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
goedenavond
  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Good Morning
goedemorgen
  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Please
alsjeblieft
  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Sorry
sorry
  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Bye
vaarwel
  
బై (Bai)
  
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Excuse Me
pardon
  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Waddar
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
  
Chenchu
  
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Limburgian
  
Manna-Dora
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
80.00 million
  
20
Native Speakers
22.00 million
  
35
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million
  
25
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Nederlands
  
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
  
télougou
  
German Name
Niederländisch
  
Telugu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Dutch people
  
Telugu people
  
Origin
AD 450-500
  
c. 575
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
  
Telugu
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nl
  
te
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nld
  
tel
  
ISO 639 2/B
dut
  
tel
  
ISO 639 3
nld
  
tel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mode1257
  
telu1262
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available