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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
-  
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  
17

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  
99+
170,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Chenchu  

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

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
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  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

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 %  
40
1.15 %  
16

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

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]  
[ˈteluɡu]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Telugu people  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
c. 575  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Early Telugu epigraphy  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Telugu  

Language Position
48  
99+
15  
14

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Signed Telugu  

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
nld  
tel  

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  
-  

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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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