Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
Myanmar
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Myanmar
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Mon
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Myanmar Language Commission
  
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.
  
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Pali Language
  
Alphabets in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Arakanese
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Tavoyan
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Myanmar
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
43.00 million
  
30
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
French Name
télougou
  
birman
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Birmanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Bamar people
  
Origin
c. 575
  
1113 AD
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Modern Burmese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
my
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
mya
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
bur
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
mya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
sout3159
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Telugu and Burmese 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 Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Burmese language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Telugu vs Burmese Difficulty
The Telugu vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Burmese 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 Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.