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Telugu vs Dutch


Dutch vs Telugu


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
6   
9

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

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

Alphabets
60   
35
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19   
16
6   
3

How Many Consonants
41   
30
21   
11

Scripts
Telugu Script   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra   
Netherlands   

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

Dialect 2
Chenchu   
Low Saxon   

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

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

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu   
Belgium, Netherlands   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
38   
28
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million   
20
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
1.15 %   
15
0.32 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
15   
14
48   
35

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Telugu and Dutch Language History

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

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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.

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