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Telugu vs Nepali


Nepali vs Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India  
Nepal  

Second Language
Karnataka  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  
Language Academy of Nepal  

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Tamil  
Hindi  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
60  
35
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19  
16
12  
9

How Many Consonants
41  
30
36  
26

Scripts
Telugu Script  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  
कृपया  

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
బై (Bai)  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
39
790,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Chenchu  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
26,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
32
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
38  
28
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million  
20
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
1.15 %  
15
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
télougou  
népalais  

German Name
Telugu-Sprache  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Telugu people  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
c. 575  
19 BC  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Telugu  
Nepali  

Language Position
15  
14
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
te  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
tel  
nep  

ISO 639 3
tel  
npi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
telu1262  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Telugu and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Telugu vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Telugu and Nepali language. History of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575 whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC. 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 Nepali Language History.

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Telugu and Nepali 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 Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Nepali language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Telugu vs Nepali Difficulty

The Telugu vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.

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