Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
Norway
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Norway
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Nynorsk
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Norwegian Language Council
  
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.
  
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
hallo
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
takk
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
god natt
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
god kveld
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
god ettermiddag
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
god morgen
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Vær så snill
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
unnskyld
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
ha det
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
unnskyld meg
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Jamtlandic
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Sognamål
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Sogn
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
5.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
5.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Norsk
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Norsk
  
French Name
télougou
  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Nynorsk
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Norwegians
  
Origin
c. 575
  
c. 1300 AD
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Norwegian
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
no
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
nor
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
nor
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
nor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
norw1258
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Telugu and Norwegian 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 Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Norwegian language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Telugu vs Norwegian Difficulty
The Telugu vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.