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Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
4  
11

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Andra Pradesh, India  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Karnataka  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
60  
35

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
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
7  
6
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
హలో (Halō)  

Thank You
Thank you  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  

How Are You?
How are you?  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  

Good Night
Good Night  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  

Please
Please  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  

Sorry
Sorry  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  

Bye
Bye  
బై (Bai)  

I Love You
I love you  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Waddar  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
170,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Chenchu  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
26,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Manna-Dora  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
30,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
38  
28

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
80.00 million  
20

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
1.15 %  
15

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
English  
తెలుగు (telugu)  

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

French Name
anglais  
télougou  

German Name
Englisch  
Telugu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Telugu people  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
c. 575  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
Early Telugu epigraphy  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Telugu  

Language Position
3  
3
15  
14

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
te  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
tel  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
tel  

ISO 639 3
eng  
tel  

ISO 639 6
engs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1293  
telu1262  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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English and Telugu Language History

Comparison of English vs Telugu language history gives us differences between origin of English and Telugu language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Telugu Language History.

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

English vs Telugu Difficulty

The English vs Telugu difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Telugu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Telugu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Telugu time required is 44 weeks.

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