Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
India
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
India
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Govenment of Goa
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.
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Telugu Script
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
హలో (Halō)
Namaskar
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Dev Borem Korum
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
kaso assa?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Rati Boren Zavonn
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Not Available
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Dis Borem Zavonn
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Chike
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Maf kor
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
hav tujo mog korta.
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
upkar korxi
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Goa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Chenchu
Not present
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Not present
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Kōṅkaṇī
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
French Name
télougou
konkani
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Konkani
Pronunciation
Not Available
kõkɳi
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Konkanis
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Kokani
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
te
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
telu1262
goan1235
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Telugu and Konkani 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 Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Konkani language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Telugu vs Konkani Difficulty
The Telugu vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.