Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
India
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Asam Sahitya Sabha
  
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.
  
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Tamil
  
Bengali and Oriya
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
nomoskaar
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
aapuni kene aase?
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
subhoraattri
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
subha gadhuli
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
subha abeli
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
suprobhaat
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
anugroha kori
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
moi ḍukkhita
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
biḍai
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
kyoma koribo
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Kamrupi
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Goalpariya
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Bhakatiya
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Assam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
15.30 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
French Name
télougou
  
assamais
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Assamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Assamese people
  
Origin
c. 575
  
7th century A.D
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Kamarupa
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Assamese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
as
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
asm
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
asm
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
asm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
assa1263
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-w
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Telugu and Assamese 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 Assamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Assamese language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Assamese word for "Thank You" is ḍhonyobaaḍ. Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Assamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Telugu vs Assamese Difficulty
The Telugu vs Assamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Assamese 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 Assamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Assamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Assamese time required is Not Available.