Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Tamil
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Telugu Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Asante
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
tafadhali
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
pole
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Waddar
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Chenchu
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Not Available
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
télougou
swahili
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Swahili
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
c. 575
6th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Swahili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
telu1262
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Telugu and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Swahili language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Telugu vs Swahili Difficulty
The Telugu vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.