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Finnish vs Telugu


Telugu vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
Andra Pradesh, India   

Second Language
Estonia   
Karnataka   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh   

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Tamil   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
60   
35

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
19   
16

How Many Consonants
13   
3
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Telugu Script   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
హలో (Halō)   

Thank You
Kiitos   
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)   

Please
haluta   
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)   

Bye
Heippa   
బై (Bai)   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Waddar   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
170,000.00   
39

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Chenchu   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
26,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Manna-Dora   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
30,000.00   
32

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
38   
28

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million   
99+
80.00 million   
20

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.15 %   
15

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
తెలుగు (telugu)   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan   

French Name
finnois   
télougou   

German Name
Finnisch   
Telugu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Telugu people   

History

Origin
1543   
c. 575   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Not Available   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
Early Telugu epigraphy   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Telugu   

Language Position
Not Available   
15   
14

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
te   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
tel   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
tel   

ISO 639 3
fin   
tel   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
telu1262   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Finnish and Telugu Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Telugu language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Telugu language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 whereas history of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575. 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 Finnish and Telugu Language History.

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

Finnish vs Telugu Difficulty

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

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