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
  
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.
  
- 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
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
pranam
  
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
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
Alavidā
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
2.80 million
  
33
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
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Maithil
  
Origin
c. 575
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Standard Maithili
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.