Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Zambia
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
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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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Tamil
Zulu language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Zikomo
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Chonde
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
pepani
Bye
బై (Bai)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Pepani
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 2
Chenchu
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Malawi, Zambia
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
télougou
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Chewa people
Origin
c. 575
15th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Chewa
Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
telu1262
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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Telugu and Chewa 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 Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Chewa language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Telugu vs Chewa Difficulty
The Telugu vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Chewa 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 Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is 32 weeks.