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Telugu vs Croatian


Croatian vs Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
9  
7

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India  
Austria  

Second Language
Karnataka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

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.
  
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Tamil  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
60  
35
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19  
16
5  
2

How Many Consonants
41  
30
25  
15

Scripts
Telugu Script  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)  
bok  

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  
hvala  

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  
kako si  

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  
laku noć  

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  
dobro jutro  

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  
molim  

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  
Oprostite  

Bye
బై (Bai)  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
39
660,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Chenchu  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
26,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
32
13,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
38  
28
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million  
20
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
1.15 %  
15
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
1.25 million  
36

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan  
Hrvatski  

French Name
télougou  
croate  

German Name
Telugu-Sprache  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Telugu people  
Croats  

History

Origin
c. 575  
9th century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Telugu  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
15  
14
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
te  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
tel  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
tel  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
telu1262  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Telugu and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Telugu vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Telugu and Croatian language. History of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575 whereas history of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century. 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 Croatian Language History.

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

Telugu vs Croatian Difficulty

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

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