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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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