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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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