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Telugu vs Italian


Italian vs Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
7  
8

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Second Language
Karnataka  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Tamil  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
60  
35
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19  
16
5  
2

How Many Consonants
41  
30
16  
6

Scripts
Telugu Script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)  
ciao  

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  
grazie  

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  
Come stai?  

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  
buongiorno  

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  
Per Favore  

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  
scusate  

Bye
బై (Bai)  
arrivederci  

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  
Lazio  

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chenchu  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
26,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
38  
28
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million  
20
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
1.15 %  
16
0.90 %  
23

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
14.00 million  
36

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)  
Italiano  

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

French Name
télougou  
italien  

German Name
Telugu-Sprache  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
Telugu people  
Italians  

History

Origin
c. 575  
960 BC  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Telugu  
Italian  

Language Position
15  
14
27  
25

Signed Forms
Signed Telugu  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
te  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
tel  
ita  

ISO 639 3
tel  
ita  

ISO 639 6
tel  
itas  

Glottocode
telu1262  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Telugu and Italian Language History

Comparison of Telugu vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Telugu and Italian language. History of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575 whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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

Telugu vs Italian Difficulty

The Telugu vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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