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Telugu vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
60  
35
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19  
16
6  
3

How Many Consonants
41  
30
24  
14

Scripts
Telugu Script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
39
1,600,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Chenchu  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
26,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
32
3,100,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
38  
28
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million  
20
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
1.15 %  
15
1.16 %  
14

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  

History

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  

Language Position
15  
14
54  
39

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Telugu and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Telugu vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Telugu and Malaysian language. History of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575 whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. 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 Malaysian Language History.

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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.

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