Countries
India
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
National Language
India
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
NA
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Interesting Facts
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
- 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
Bengali Language
Tamil
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Telugu Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Waddar
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
Not Available
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
goudjrati
télougou
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Telugu people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Telugu
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
guja1252
telu1262
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Telugu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Gujarati and Telugu language. Gujarati word for "Hello" is નમસ્તે (namaste) or Telugu word for "Thank You" is ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu). Find more of such common Gujarati Greetings and Telugu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Gujarati vs Telugu Difficulty
The Gujarati vs Telugu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Telugu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Gujarati and Telugu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Gujarati is 18 weeks while to learn Telugu time required is 44 weeks.
