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Telugu vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
4  
11

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Andra Pradesh, India  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Karnataka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Tamil  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
60  
35

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
19  
16

How Many Consonants
23  
13
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
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
హలో (Halō)  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  

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

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
బై (Bai)  

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

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Waddar  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
170,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Wu  
Chenchu  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
26,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Yue  
Manna-Dora  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
30,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
38  
28

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
80.00 million  
20

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
1.15 %  
15

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
తెలుగు (telugu)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan  

French Name
chinois  
télougou  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Telugu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Han  
Telugu people  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
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 Chinese  
Telugu  

Language Position
1  
1
15  
14

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
te  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
tel  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
tel  

ISO 639 3
zho  
tel  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
telu1262  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Chinese and Telugu Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Telugu language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Telugu language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Telugu Language History.

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

Chinese vs Telugu Difficulty

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

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