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Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
6   
9

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu   

Second Language
South Africa   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry   

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

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University   

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.
  
  • Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
  • The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.
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Similar To
German and English Languages   
Malayalam   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
247   
99+

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

How Many Consonants
21   
11
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Tamil   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)   

Thank You
dankjewel   
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)   

Please
alsjeblieft   
தயவு (Tayavu)   

Sorry
sorry   
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)   

Bye
vaarwel   
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)   

Excuse Me
pardon   
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Kongu   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Kongu   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Madurai Tamil   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu   

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

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Tirunelveli Tamil   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
1.06 %   
19

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
70.00 million   
15

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
8.00 million   
24

Native Name
Nederlands   
தமிழ்   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
tamoul   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Tamil   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Tamil people or Tamilans   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
300 BC   

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 Tamil and Middle Tamil   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Modern Tamil   

Language Position
48   
35
18   
16

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Signed Tamil   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
ta   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
tam   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
tam   

ISO 639 3
nld   
tam   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
tam   

Glottocode
mode1257   
tami1289, oldt1248   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
tami1289   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Dutch and Tamil Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Tamil language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Tamil language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Tamil language states that this language originated in 300 BC. 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 Dutch and Tamil Language History.

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Dutch and Tamil 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 Tamil greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Tamil language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Tamil word for "Thank You" is நன்றி (Naṉṟi). Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Tamil Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dutch vs Tamil Difficulty

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

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