Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Sri Lanka
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Karnataka
Sri Lanka
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
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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 Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Tamil
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Telugu Script
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
హలో (Halō)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
బై (Bai)
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Chenchu
Not Available
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Not Available
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
télougou
singhalais
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Telugu
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
telu1262
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
Telugu and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Sinhalese language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Telugu vs Sinhalese Difficulty
The Telugu vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.