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Telugu vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
4  
11

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Andra Pradesh, India  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Karnataka  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages  
Tamil  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
60  
35

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
19  
16

How Many Consonants
16  
6
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Telugu Script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
హలో (Halō)  

Thank You
grazie  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  

Good Night
buonanotte  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
buonasera  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  

Please
Per Favore  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  

Sorry
scusate  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  

Bye
arrivederci  
బై (Bai)  

I Love You
Ti amo  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Waddar  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
170,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Chenchu  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
26,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Manna-Dora  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
30,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
38  
28

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
80.00 million  
20

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
1.15 %  
16

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Italiano  
తెలుగు (telugu)  

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

French Name
italien  
télougou  

German Name
Italienisch  
Telugu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[ˈteluɡu]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Telugu people  

History

Origin
960 BC  
c. 575  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Early Telugu epigraphy  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Telugu  

Language Position
27  
25
15  
14

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Signed Telugu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
te  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
tel  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
tel  

ISO 639 3
ita  
tel  

ISO 639 6
itas  
tel  

Glottocode
ital1282  
telu1262  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Italian and Telugu Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Telugu language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Telugu language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Telugu Language History.

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

Italian vs Telugu Difficulty

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

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