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Telugu vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Karnataka   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Tamil   
Malay language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
60   
35
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19   
16
6   
3

How Many Consonants
41   
30
19   
9

Scripts
Telugu Script   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)   
Halo   

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)   
maaf   

Bye
బై (Bai)   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
170,000.00   
39
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Chenchu   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
26,000.00   
99+
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
32
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
38   
28
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million   
20
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
1.15 %   
15
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
télougou   
indonésien   

German Name
Telugu-Sprache   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Telugu people   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
c. 575   
7th Century   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Telugu   
Indonesian   

Language Position
15   
14
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
te   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
tel   
ind   

ISO 639 3
tel   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
telu1262   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Telugu and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Telugu vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Telugu and Indonesian language. History of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575 whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Telugu and Indonesian Language History.

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Telugu and Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Indonesian language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Telugu vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Telugu vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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