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Telugu and German


German and Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
7   
8

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India   
Germany   

Second Language
Karnataka   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Tamil   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
60   
35
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19   
16
10   
7

How Many Consonants
41   
30
9   
1

Scripts
Telugu Script   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)   
hallo   

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)   
Danke   

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)   
guten Morgen   

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)   
bitte   

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)   
Verzeihung   

Bye
బై (Bai)   
Tschüs   

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
170,000.00   
39
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Chenchu   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
26,000.00   
99+
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
32
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
38   
28
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million   
20
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
1.15 %   
15
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)   
Deutsch   

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

French Name
télougou   
allemand   

German Name
Telugu-Sprache   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Telugu people   
Germans   

History

Origin
c. 575   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Telugu   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
15   
14
9   
9

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
te   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
tel   
ger   

ISO 639 3
tel   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
telu1262   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Telugu and German 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 Telugu and German dialects. Various dialects of Telugu and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Telugu are spoken in different Telugu Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Telugu vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Telugu dialects include: Waddar, Chenchu. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Telugu and German Speaking population

Telugu and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Telugu and German languages can be compared. The total count of Telugu and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Telugu language is 1.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 Telugu and German on Telugu vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Telugu and German Language Codes

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

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