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Chinese vs Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
5  
10

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Karnataka  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Tamil  
Not Available  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
60  
35
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19  
16
24  
19

How Many Consonants
41  
30
23  
13

Scripts
Telugu Script  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
బై (Bai)  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
39
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Chenchu  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
26,000.00  
99+
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
32
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
38  
28
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million  
20
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
1.15 %  
15
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan  
Not Available  

French Name
télougou  
chinois  

German Name
Telugu-Sprache  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Telugu people  
Han  

History

Origin
c. 575  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Telugu  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
15  
14
1  
1

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
te  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
tel  
chi  

ISO 639 3
tel  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
telu1262  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Telugu and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Telugu vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Telugu and Chinese language. History of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575 whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. 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 Chinese Language History.

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Telugu and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Chinese language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Telugu vs Chinese Difficulty

The Telugu vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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