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Telugu

Sinhalese
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Countries

Countries

Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Sri Lanka

Total No. Of Countries

41
0 46
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National Language

Andra Pradesh, India
Sri Lanka

Second Language

Karnataka
Sri Lanka

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)

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.
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.

Similar To

Tamil
Maldivian Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

6054
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1918
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4136
9 60
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Scripts

Telugu Script
Sinhala alphabet

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

32
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

హలో (Halō)
හලෝ (halō)

Thank You

ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)

How Are You?

నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)

Good Night

శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)

Good Evening

శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)

Good Afternoon

శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)

Good Morning

శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)

Please

దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)

Sorry

క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)

Bye

బై (Bai)
බායි (bāyi)

I Love You

నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)

Excuse Me

క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Waddar
Vedda

Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Sri Lanka

How Many People Speak

170,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Chenchu
Sri Lankan Sinhala

Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
-

How Many People Speak

26,000.0019,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Manna-Dora
Up-Country Sinhalese

Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
-

How Many People Speak

30,000.0016,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

381
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

80.00 million16.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.15 %0.25 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

75.00 million16.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.00 million2.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

తెలుగు (telugu)
සිංහල (sĩhala)

Alternative Names

Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala

French Name

télougou
singhalais

German Name

Telugu-Sprache
Singhalesisch

Pronunciation

[ˈteluɡu]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]

Ethnicity

Telugu people
Sinhalese people

History

Origin

c. 575
3

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Early Telugu epigraphy
Sinhalese Prakrit

Standard Forms

Telugu
Modern Sinhalese

Language Position

1570
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Telugu
Signed Sinhalese

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

te
si

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

tel
sin

ISO 639 2/B

tel
sin

ISO 639 3

tel
sin

ISO 639 6

tel
sin

Glottocode

telu1262
sinh1246

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional

Telugu and Sinhalese Alphabets

Telugu and Sinhalese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Telugu and Sinhalese. In Telugu Alphabets there are 60 letters while in Sinhalese Alphabets there are 54 letters. To learn Telugu and Sinhalese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Telugu and Sinhalese languages. The Telugu phonology consist Telugu vowels and Telugu consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Telugu greetings vs Sinhalese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Telugu and Sinhalese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Telugu and Sinhalese Speaking population

Telugu and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Telugu and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Telugu and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Telugu language is 1.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. 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 Sinhalese on Telugu vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Telugu and Sinhalese Language Codes

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