Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
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.
  
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
0.52 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Malti
  
French Name
télougou
  
maltais
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Maltese
  
Origin
c. 575
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Maltese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Telugu and Maltese 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 Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Maltese language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Telugu vs Maltese Difficulty
The Telugu vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Maltese 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 Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.