Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
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 in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Telugu Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Waddar
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Switzerland
Dialect 2
Chenchu
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Germany
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Texas German
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Texas
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
Origin
c. 575
6th Century AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
telu1262
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Telugu and German 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 German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and German language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Telugu vs German Difficulty
The Telugu vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.