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Finnish vs Telugu


Telugu vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Andra Pradesh, India  

Second Language
Estonia  
Karnataka  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Tamil  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
60  
35

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
19  
16

How Many Consonants
13  
3
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Telugu Script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
హలో (Halō)  

Thank You
Kiitos  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  

Please
haluta  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  

Bye
Heippa  
బై (Bai)  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Waddar  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
170,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Chenchu  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
26,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Manna-Dora  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
31
30,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
38  
28

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million  
99+
80.00 million  
20

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.15 %  
15

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
39
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
తెలుగు (telugu)  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan  

French Name
finnois  
télougou  

German Name
Finnisch  
Telugu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Telugu people  

History

Origin
1543  
c. 575  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Not Available  

Branch
Finnic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
Early Telugu epigraphy  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Telugu  

Language Position
Not Available  
15  
14

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
te  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
tel  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
tel  

ISO 639 3
fin  
tel  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
finn1318  
telu1262  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Finnish and Telugu Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Telugu language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Telugu language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 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 Finnish and Telugu Language History.

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

Finnish vs Telugu Difficulty

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

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