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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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