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German and Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
7  
8

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India  
Germany  

Second Language
Karnataka  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Tamil  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
60  
35
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19  
16
10  
7

How Many Consonants
41  
30
9  
1

Scripts
Telugu Script  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)  
hallo  

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  
Danke  

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  
guten Morgen  

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  
bitte  

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  
Verzeihung  

Bye
బై (Bai)  
Tschüs  

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
39
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Chenchu  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
26,000.00  
99+
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
32
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
38  
28
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million  
20
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
1.15 %  
15
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)  
Deutsch  

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

French Name
télougou  
allemand  

German Name
Telugu-Sprache  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Telugu people  
Germans  

History

Origin
c. 575  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Telugu  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
15  
14
9  
9

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
te  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
tel  
ger  

ISO 639 3
tel  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
telu1262  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Telugu and German Speaking population

Telugu and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Telugu and German languages can be compared. The total count of Telugu and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Telugu language is 1.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Telugu vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Telugu and German Language Codes

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

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