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Nepali and Telugu


Telugu and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Nepal   
Andra Pradesh, India   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Karnataka   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh   

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi   
Tamil   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
60   
35

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
19   
16

How Many Consonants
36   
26
41   
30

Scripts
Devanagari   
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
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
హలో (Halō)   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)   

Please
कृपया   
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
బై (Bai)   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Waddar   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
170,000.00   
39

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Chenchu   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
26,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Manna-Dora   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
32

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
38   
28

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
80.00 million   
20

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
1.15 %   
15

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
తెలుగు (telugu)   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan   

French Name
népalais   
télougou   

German Name
Nepali   
Telugu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Telugu people   

History

Origin
19 BC   
c. 575   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
Early Telugu epigraphy   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Telugu   

Language Position
59   
99+
15   
14

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
te   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
tel   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
tel   

ISO 639 3
npi   
tel   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
telu1262   

Linguasphere
12   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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All Nepali and Telugu Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Nepali and Telugu dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Telugu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Telugu Dialects are spoken in different Telugu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Telugu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Telugu dialects include: Waddar , Chenchu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Nepali and Telugu Speaking population

Nepali and Telugu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Telugu languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Telugu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Telugu language is 1.15 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Nepali and Telugu on Nepali vs Telugu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Telugu Language Codes

Nepali and Telugu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Telugu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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