Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Karnataka
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Tamil
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Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
హలో (Halō)
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
బై (Bai)
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Waddar
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
China, United States of America
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
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French Name
télougou
chinois
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Telugu people
Han
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
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Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
telu1262
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
Telugu and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Chinese language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Telugu vs Chinese Difficulty
The Telugu vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.