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Telugu vs Japanese


Japanese vs Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
60  
35
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19  
16
5  
2

How Many Consonants
41  
30
14  
4

Scripts
Telugu Script  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
39
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Chenchu  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
26,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
32
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
38  
28
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million  
20
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
1.15 %  
15
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
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)  

History

Origin
c. 575  
1185  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Telugu  
Japanese  

Language Position
15  
14
8  
8

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
te  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
tel  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
tel  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
telu1262  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Telugu and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Telugu vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Telugu and Japanese language. History of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575 whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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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.

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