Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
German and English Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
dankjewel
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
goede Nacht
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
goedenavond
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
goedemiddag
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
goedemorgen
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
alsjeblieft
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
sorry
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
vaarwel
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Ik hou van jou
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
pardon
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Netherlands
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Limburgian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Belgium, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
22.00 million
  
35
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
6.00 million
  
25
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Nederlands
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Hollands, Nederlands
  
French Name
télougou
  
néerlandais; flamand
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Niederländisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Dutch people
  
Origin
c. 575
  
AD 450-500
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Standard Dutch
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
nl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
nld
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
dut
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
nld
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
mode1257
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Telugu and Dutch 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 Telugu and Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Dutch language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Telugu vs Dutch Difficulty
The Telugu vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Dutch 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 Telugu and Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.