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Nepali vs Telugu


Telugu vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Nepal  
Andra Pradesh, India  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Karnataka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi  
Tamil  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
60  
35

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
19  
16

How Many Consonants
36  
26
41  
30

Scripts
Devanagari  
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
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
హలో (Halō)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  

Please
कृपया  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
బై (Bai)  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Waddar  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
30
170,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Chenchu  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
26,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Manna-Dora  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
38  
28

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
80.00 million  
20

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
1.15 %  
15

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
తెలుగు (telugu)  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan  

French Name
népalais  
télougou  

German Name
Nepali  
Telugu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Telugu people  

History

Origin
19 BC  
c. 575  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
Early Telugu epigraphy  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Telugu  

Language Position
59  
99+
15  
14

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
te  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
tel  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
tel  

ISO 639 3
npi  
tel  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
telu1262  

Linguasphere
12  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Nepali and Telugu Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Telugu language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Telugu language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 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 Nepali and Telugu Language History.

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

Nepali vs Telugu Difficulty

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

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