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Kannada vs Dutch


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

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

Second Language
South Africa  
Goa  

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

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka  

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.
  
  • Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
  • Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Telugu  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
49  
29

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
14  
11

How Many Consonants
21  
11
35  
25

Scripts
Latin  
Kannada Script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)  

Thank You
dankjewel  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)  

Please
alsjeblieft  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)  

Sorry
sorry  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)  

Bye
vaarwel  
ಬೈ (Bai)  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)  

Excuse Me
pardon  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Badaga  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
540,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Urali  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
kerala  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
6,440.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Kurumba  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
220,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
49.00 million  
29

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.58 %  
28

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
11.00 million  
39

Native Name
Nederlands  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
kannada  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Kannada  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Kannadiga  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
c. 450  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Old Kannada, Kannada  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Modern Kannada  

Language Position
48  
99+
31  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
kn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
kan  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
kan  

ISO 639 3
nld  
kan  

ISO 639 6
nld  
kan  

Glottocode
mode1257  
nucl1305  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Dutch and Kannada Language History

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

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

Dutch vs Kannada Difficulty

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

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