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Dutch vs Tulu


Tulu vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
India  

Second Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
  • Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Kannada Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
16  
13

How Many Consonants
21  
11
35  
25

Scripts
Latin  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Namaskara  

Thank You
dankjewel  
Mast Upakara.  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
Yencha Ullar?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
yedde rathre  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
yedde baiyya  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
yedde madhyana  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
yedde kaande  

Please
alsjeblieft  
Daya maltadu  

Sorry
sorry  
Yenna thapu aandu  

Bye
vaarwel  
Barpe  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Kshamisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Brahmin tulu  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
32
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Jain  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Tamil Nadu  

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

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Girijan  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Tamil Nadu  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
1.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
38
Not Available  

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
25
Not Available  

Native Name
Nederlands  
Tulu  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
Not Available  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Tuluva  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
14  

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  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Tulu  

Language Position
48  
35
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
nld  
tcy  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mode1257  
tulu1258  

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  

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Dutch and Tulu Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Tulu language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Tulu language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14. 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 Tulu Language History.

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

Dutch vs Tulu Difficulty

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

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