Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
India, Nepal
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.
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Nepal
Dialect 2
Chenchu
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Telugu
Nepali
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
telu1262
nepa1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
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.