Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Botswana, Lesotho
  
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.
  
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
Molo
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
Ndiyabulela
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Unjani
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Ulale kakuhle
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Molo
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Ndicela
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Ndicela uxolo
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Gcaleka
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Thembu
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Hlubi
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
20.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
isiXhosa
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
French Name
télougou
  
xhosa
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Origin
c. 575
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
isiXhosa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Xhosa
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
xh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
xho
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
xho
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
xho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
xhos1239
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUT-fa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Telugu and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Xhosa language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Telugu vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Telugu vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Xhosa 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 Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.