Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Somalia
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
akkam
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Kenya
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
télougou
  
galla
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Oromos
  
Origin
c. 575
  
16
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
nucl1736
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Telugu and Oromo 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 Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Oromo language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Telugu vs Oromo Difficulty
The Telugu vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Oromo 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 Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.