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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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