Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
National Language
Malaysia
  
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Second Language
Indonesia
  
Karnataka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Thailand
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
- 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
Indonesian Language
  
Tamil
  
Derived From
Tamil Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Telugu Script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hai
  
హలో (Halō)
  
Thank You
terima kasih
  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Please
sila
  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Sorry
maaf
  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
బై (Bai)
  
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Waddar
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
Chenchu
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Manna-Dora
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
80.00 million
  
20
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
  
8
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
  
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
French Name
malais
  
télougou
  
German Name
Malaiisch
  
Telugu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Telugu people
  
Origin
c. 683 AD
  
c. 575
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Telugu
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ms
  
te
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa
  
tel
  
ISO 639 2/B
may
  
tel
  
ISO 639 3
zsm
  
tel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1306
  
telu1262
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Telugu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Telugu language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Telugu word for "Thank You" is ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu). Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Telugu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malaysian vs Telugu Difficulty
The Malaysian vs Telugu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Telugu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Telugu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Telugu time required is 44 weeks.