Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
South Africa
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
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.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
German and English Languages
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
dankjewel
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
goede Nacht
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
goedenavond
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
goedemorgen
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
alsjeblieft
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
sorry
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
vaarwel
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
pardon
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Limburgian
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
49.00 million
  
29
Native Speakers
22.00 million
  
35
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million
  
25
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
Nederlands
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
  
kannada
  
German Name
Niederländisch
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Dutch people
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
AD 450-500
  
c. 450
  
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
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
  
Modern Kannada
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nl
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nld
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
dut
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
nld
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mode1257
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Dutch and Kannada 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 Dutch and Kannada greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Kannada language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Kannada word for "Thank You" is ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu). Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Kannada Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Kannada Difficulty
The Dutch vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Kannada 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 Dutch and Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.