Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
China, Guangdong
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
Hawaii
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Tamil
Chinese Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Telugu Script
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
谢谢
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
你好吗？
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
晚安
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
晚上好
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
下午好
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
早上好
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
请
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
遗憾
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
我爱你
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
原谅我
Dialect 1
Waddar
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
télougou
Not Available
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Not Available
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Not Available
Origin
c. 575
17th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
te
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
tel
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
tel
Not Available
ISO 639 3
tel
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
telu1262
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Telugu and Cantonese 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 Cantonese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Cantonese language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Cantonese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢. Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Cantonese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Telugu vs Cantonese Difficulty
The Telugu vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Cantonese 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 Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.