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Telugu vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
4  
11

National Language
Spain  
Andra Pradesh, India  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Karnataka  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language  
Tamil  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
60  
35

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
19  
16

How Many Consonants
22  
12
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
hola  
హలో (Halō)  

Thank You
Gracias  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  

Please
Por Favor  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  

Sorry
triste  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  

Bye
adiós  
బై (Bai)  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Waddar  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
5
170,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Chenchu  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
8
26,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Manna-Dora  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
9
30,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
38  
28

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
80.00 million  
20

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
1.15 %  
15

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
Español  
తెలుగు (telugu)  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
télougou  

German Name
Spanisch  
Telugu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Telugu people  

History

Origin
210 BC  
c. 575  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Early Telugu epigraphy  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Telugu  

Language Position
2  
2
15  
14

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
te  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
tel  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
tel  

ISO 639 3
spa  
tel  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1288  
telu1262  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Spanish and Telugu Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Telugu language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Telugu language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish and Telugu Language History.

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

Spanish vs Telugu Difficulty

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

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