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Italian vs Telugu


Telugu vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
4   
11

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Andra Pradesh, India   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Karnataka   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages   
Tamil   

Derived From
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
60   
35

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
19   
16

How Many Consonants
16   
6
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
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
హలో (Halō)   

Thank You
grazie   
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)   

Good Night
buonanotte   
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
buonasera   
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)   

Please
Per Favore   
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)   

Sorry
scusate   
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)   

Bye
arrivederci   
బై (Bai)   

I Love You
Ti amo   
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Waddar   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
170,000.00   
39

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Chenchu   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
26,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Manna-Dora   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
32

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
38   
28

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
80.00 million   
20

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
1.15 %   
15

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Italiano   
తెలుగు (telugu)   

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

French Name
italien   
télougou   

German Name
Italienisch   
Telugu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Telugu people   

History

Origin
960 BC   
c. 575   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Early Telugu epigraphy   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Telugu   

Language Position
27   
23
15   
14

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
te   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
tel   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
tel   

ISO 639 3
ita   
tel   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
telu1262   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Italian and Telugu Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Telugu language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Telugu language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Telugu Language History.

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

Italian vs Telugu Difficulty

The Italian vs Telugu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Telugu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Telugu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Telugu time required is 44 weeks.

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