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Arabic vs 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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Telugu and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Telugu vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Telugu and Arabic language. History of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575 whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Telugu and Arabic Language History.

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Telugu and Arabic Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Telugu and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Arabic language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Telugu vs Arabic Difficulty

The Telugu vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Arabic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Telugu and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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