Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, 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
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Tamil
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
شكرا
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
مساء الخير
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
صباح الخير
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
من فضلك
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
آسف
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
أحبك
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Waddar
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Chenchu
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Sudan
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Levantine
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Cyprus, Levant
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
French Name
télougou
arabe
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Arabisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Arabs
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
North Arabic
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
telu1262
arab1395
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Telugu and Arabic 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 Telugu and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Arabic language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Telugu vs Arabic Difficulty
The Telugu vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Arabic 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 Telugu and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.