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Cantonese vs Telugu


Telugu vs Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
China, Guangdong  
Andra Pradesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Karnataka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Hawaii  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu  

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language  
Tamil  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
60  
35

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
19  
16

How Many Consonants
20  
10
41  
30

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Telugu Script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10  
8
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好  
హలో (Halō)  

Thank You
谢谢  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  

How Are You?
你好吗?  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  

Good Night
晚安  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
晚上好  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  

Good Afternoon
下午好  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  

Good Morning
早上好  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  

Please
请  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  

Sorry
遗憾  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  

Bye
再见  
బై (Bai)  

I Love You
我爱你  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)  

Excuse Me
原谅我  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou  
Waddar  

Where They Speak
outside mainland China  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
170,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Xiguan  
Chenchu  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
26,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hong Kong  
Manna-Dora  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
38  
28

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
80.00 million  
20

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
1.15 %  
15

Native Speakers
52.00 million  
21
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa  
తెలుగు (telugu)  

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan  

French Name
Not Available  
télougou  

German Name
Not Available  
Telugu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Telugu people  

History

Origin
17th century  
c. 575  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Early Telugu epigraphy  

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese  
Telugu  

Language Position
Not Available  
15  
14

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
te  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
tel  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
tel  

ISO 639 3
No data available  
tel  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
cant1236  
telu1262  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Cantonese and Telugu Language History

Comparison of Cantonese vs Telugu language history gives us differences between origin of Cantonese and Telugu language. History of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th century 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 Cantonese and Telugu Language History.

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

Cantonese vs Telugu Difficulty

The Cantonese vs Telugu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Telugu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Telugu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Telugu time required is 44 weeks.

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