Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
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.
Similar To
German and English Languages
  
Malayalam
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Tamil
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Kongu
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
Kongu
  
How Many People Speak
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
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
78.00 million
  
21
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Signed Tamil
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.