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German vs Telugu


Telugu vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
4   
11

National Language
Germany   
Andra Pradesh, India   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Karnataka   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Tamil   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
60   
35

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
19   
16

How Many Consonants
9   
1
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Telugu Script   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
హలో (Halō)   

Thank You
Danke   
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)   

Please
bitte   
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)   

Bye
Tschüs   
బై (Bai)   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Waddar   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
170,000.00   
39

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Chenchu   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
26,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Manna-Dora   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
30,000.00   
32

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
38   
28

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
80.00 million   
20

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
1.15 %   
15

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Deutsch   
తెలుగు (telugu)   

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

French Name
allemand   
télougou   

German Name
Deutsch   
Telugu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Telugu people   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
c. 575   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Early Telugu epigraphy   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Telugu   

Language Position
9   
9
15   
14

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
te   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
tel   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
tel   

ISO 639 3
deu   
tel   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
telu1262   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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German and Telugu Language History

Comparison of German vs Telugu language history gives us differences between origin of German and Telugu language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th 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 German and Telugu Language History.

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

German vs Telugu Difficulty

The German vs Telugu difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Telugu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Telugu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Telugu time required is 44 weeks.

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