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Dutch vs Telugu


Telugu vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
4   
11

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
60   
35

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
19   
16

How Many Consonants
21   
11
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Telugu Script   

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   
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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Waddar   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
170,000.00   
39

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Chenchu   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
26,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Manna-Dora   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
30,000.00   
32

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
38   
28

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
80.00 million   
20

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
1.15 %   
15

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   

History

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   

Language Position
48   
35
15   
14

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Dutch and Telugu Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Telugu language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Telugu language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575. 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 Telugu Language History.

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

Dutch vs Telugu Difficulty

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

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