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German vs Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
7  
8

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India  
Germany  

Second Language
Karnataka  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Tamil  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
60  
35
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19  
16
10  
7

How Many Consonants
41  
30
9  
1

Scripts
Telugu Script  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)  
hallo  

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  
Danke  

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  
guten Morgen  

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  
bitte  

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  
Verzeihung  

Bye
బై (Bai)  
Tschüs  

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
39
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Chenchu  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
26,000.00  
99+
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
32
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
38  
28
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million  
20
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
1.15 %  
15
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)  
Deutsch  

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

French Name
télougou  
allemand  

German Name
Telugu-Sprache  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Telugu people  
Germans  

History

Origin
c. 575  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Telugu  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
15  
14
9  
9

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
te  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
tel  
ger  

ISO 639 3
tel  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
telu1262  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Telugu and German Language History

Comparison of Telugu vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Telugu and German language. History of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575 whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th 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 German Language History.

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

Telugu vs German Difficulty

The Telugu vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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