Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Tamil
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Telugu Script
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
హలో (Halō)
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Waddar
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Chenchu
Mappila
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
télougou
malayalam
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Malayalam
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Malayali
Origin
c. 575
9th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early form
Standard Forms
Telugu
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
telu1262
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Telugu and Malayalam 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 Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Malayalam language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Telugu vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Telugu vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Malayalam 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 Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.