Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
India, Nepal
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
India, Nepal
Second Language
Karnataka
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
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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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Tamil
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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How Many Consonants
Not Available
Scripts
Telugu Script
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
dhanyabad
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Śubharātri
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Suprabhaat
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
kripaya
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
maf karai
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
kripaya
Dialect 1
Waddar
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Chenchu
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
North India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Khortha
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
télougou
maithili
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Maithili
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Telugu people
Maithil
Origin
c. 575
14th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Standard Maithili
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
telu1262
mait1250
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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Telugu and Maithili 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 Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Maithili language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Telugu vs Maithili Difficulty
The Telugu vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Maithili 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 Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.