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Arabic and Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
23   
4

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Second Language
Karnataka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Tamil   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
60   
35
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19   
16
8   
5

How Many Consonants
41   
30
28   
18

Scripts
Telugu Script   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)   
مرحبا   

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)   
شكرا   

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)   
صباح الخير   

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)   
من فضلك   

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)   
آسف   

Bye
బై (Bai)   
وداعا   

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

How Many People Speak
170,000.00   
39
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Chenchu   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
26,000.00   
99+
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
32
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
38   
28
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million   
20
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
1.15 %   
15
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
télougou   
arabe   

German Name
Telugu-Sprache   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Telugu people   
Arabs   

History

Origin
c. 575   
512 CE   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Telugu   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
15   
14
25   
21

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
te   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
tel   
ara   

ISO 639 3
tel   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
telu1262   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Telugu and Arabic Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Telugu and Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Telugu and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Telugu are spoken in different Telugu Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Telugu vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Telugu dialects include: Waddar, Chenchu. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Telugu and Arabic Speaking population

Telugu and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Telugu and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Telugu and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Telugu language is 1.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Telugu and Arabic on Telugu vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Telugu and Arabic Language Codes

Telugu and Arabic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Telugu and Arabic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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