Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
India
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
India
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Tamil
Old German Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
హలో (Halō)
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
బై (Bai)
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Waddar
Not present
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Chenchu
Not present
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Not present
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Not Available
French Name
télougou
sanskrit
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
Not Available
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Not Available
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Telugu
Sanskrit
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
telu1262
sans1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Telugu and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Sanskrit language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Telugu vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Telugu vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.