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Telugu and Finnish


Finnish and Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  

Second Language
Karnataka  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Tamil  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
60  
35
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19  
16
8  
5

How Many Consonants
41  
30
13  
3

Scripts
Telugu Script  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)  
Moi  

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  
haluta  

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  
Anteeksi  

Bye
బై (Bai)  
Heippa  

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  
Finland  

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
39
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Chenchu  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  
Finland, Rauma  

How Many People Speak
26,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
32
60,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
38  
28
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million  
20
5.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.15 %  
15
Not Available  

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
0.01 million  
39

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)  
suomi / suomen kieli  

Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan  
Suomi  

French Name
télougou  
finnois  

German Name
Telugu-Sprache  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Telugu people  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
c. 575  
1543  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Not Available  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Telugu  
standard Finnish  

Language Position
15  
14
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
te  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
tel  
fin  

ISO 639 3
tel  
fin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
telu1262  
finn1318  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Telugu and Finnish Speaking population

Telugu and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Telugu and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Telugu and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Telugu language is 1.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available. 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 Finnish on Telugu vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Telugu and Finnish Language Codes

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

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