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Spanish vs Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
46  
1

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India  
Spain  

Second Language
Karnataka  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Tamil  
French Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
60  
35
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19  
16
5  
2

How Many Consonants
41  
30
22  
12

Scripts
Telugu Script  
Latin  

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)  
hola  

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  
Gracias  

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  
Buenos Días  

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  
Por Favor  

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  
triste  

Bye
బై (Bai)  
adiós  

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
39
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Chenchu  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
26,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
32
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
38  
28
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million  
20
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
1.15 %  
15
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)  
Español  

Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
télougou  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Telugu-Sprache  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Telugu people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 575  
210 BC  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Telugu  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
15  
14
2  
2

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
te  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
tel  
spa  

ISO 639 3
tel  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
telu1262  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Telugu and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Telugu vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Telugu and Spanish language. History of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575 whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Telugu vs Spanish Difficulty

The Telugu vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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