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English vs Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
33   
2

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Karnataka   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Tamil   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
60   
35
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19   
16
5   
2

How Many Consonants
41   
30
21   
11

Scripts
Telugu Script   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)   
Hello   

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)   
Thank you   

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)   
How are you?   

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)   
Good Night   

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)   
Good Morning   

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)   
Please   

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)   
Sorry   

Bye
బై (Bai)   
Bye   

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)   
I love you   

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar   
American English   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
170,000.00   
39
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Chenchu   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
26,000.00   
99+
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
32
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
38   
28
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million   
20
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
1.15 %   
15
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)   
English   

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

French Name
télougou   
anglais   

German Name
Telugu-Sprache   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Telugu people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 575   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Telugu   
Standard English   

Language Position
15   
14
3   
3

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
te   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
tel   
eng   

ISO 639 3
tel   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
telu1262   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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Telugu and English Language History

Comparison of Telugu vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Telugu and English language. History of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575 whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 English Language History.

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

Telugu vs English Difficulty

The Telugu vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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