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Chinese and Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
5  
10

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Karnataka  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Tamil  
Not Available  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
60  
35
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19  
16
24  
19

How Many Consonants
41  
30
23  
13

Scripts
Telugu Script  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
బై (Bai)  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
39
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Chenchu  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
26,000.00  
99+
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
32
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
38  
28
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million  
20
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
1.15 %  
15
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan  
Not Available  

French Name
télougou  
chinois  

German Name
Telugu-Sprache  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Telugu people  
Han  

History

Origin
c. 575  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Telugu  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
15  
14
1  
1

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
te  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
tel  
chi  

ISO 639 3
tel  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
telu1262  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Telugu and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Telugu and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Telugu are spoken in different Telugu Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Telugu vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Telugu dialects include: Waddar, Chenchu. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Telugu and Chinese Speaking population

Telugu and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Telugu and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Telugu and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Telugu language is 1.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Telugu vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Telugu and Chinese Language Codes

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

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