Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Japan
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Japan
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Palau
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Tamil
Korean Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Telugu Script
Kana
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
హలో (Halō)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
బై (Bai)
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
すみません (Sumimasen)
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Kagawa
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Kansai
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
kansai
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
日本語
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Not Available
French Name
télougou
japonais
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Japanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Telugu
Japanese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
telu1262
nucl1643
Linguasphere
No data available
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Telugu and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Japanese language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Telugu vs Japanese Difficulty
The Telugu vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.