Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Cambodia
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Australia, France, United States of America
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.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Tamil
Lao Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Telugu Script
Khmer
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
ND
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
ND
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
ND
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
ND
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
ND
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
ND
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
ND
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
ND
Dialect 1
Waddar
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
Chenchu
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Cambodia, Thailand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
télougou
khmer central
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Telugu
Modern Khmer
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
telu1262
khme1253
Linguasphere
No data available
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
Telugu and Khmer 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 Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Khmer language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Telugu vs Khmer Difficulty
The Telugu vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Khmer 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 Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.