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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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