Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Malaysia
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Thailand
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
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.
  
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Indonesian Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Tamil Language
  
Alphabets in
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Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
Hai
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
terima kasih
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Apa khabar?
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Selamat Petang
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Selamat tengah hari
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Selamat pagi
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
sila
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
maaf
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Saya sayang kamu
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Maafkan saya
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Bengkulu
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Pekal
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
175.00 million
  
10
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
98.00 million
  
8
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Bahasa melayu
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Not Available
  
French Name
télougou
  
malais
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Malaiisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 575
  
c. 683 AD
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
ms
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
msa
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
may
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
zsm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
stan1306
  
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
  
Agglutinative
  
Telugu and Malaysian 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 Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Malaysian language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Telugu vs Malaysian Difficulty
The Telugu vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.