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Telugu vs Russian


Russian vs Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
4   
11

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India   
Russia   

Second Language
Karnataka   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Tamil   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
60   
35
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19   
16
10   
7

How Many Consonants
41   
30
21   
11

Scripts
Telugu Script   
Cyrillic   

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)   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
బై (Bai)   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
170,000.00   
39
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Chenchu   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa   
Olonets   

How Many People Speak
26,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu   
Novgorod   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
38   
28
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million   
20
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
1.15 %   
15
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan   
Russki   

French Name
télougou   
russe   

German Name
Telugu-Sprache   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Telugu people   
Russians   

History

Origin
c. 575   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Telugu   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
15   
14
7   
7

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
te   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
tel   
rus   

ISO 639 3
tel   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
telu1262   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Telugu and Russian Language History

Comparison of Telugu vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Telugu and Russian language. History of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575 whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Russian Language History.

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

Telugu vs Russian Difficulty

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

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