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Portuguese vs Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
10  
6

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India  
Portugal  

Second Language
Karnataka  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Tamil  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
60  
35
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19  
16
9  
6

How Many Consonants
41  
30
19  
9

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)  
Olá  

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  
obrigado  

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  
Como você está?  

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  
boa noite  

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  
bom Dia  

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  
Por Favor  

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  
pesaroso  

Bye
బై (Bai)  
tchau  

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

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
99+
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Chenchu  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
26,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
38  
28
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million  
20
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
1.15 %  
16
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)  
Português  

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

French Name
télougou  
portugais  

German Name
Telugu-Sprache  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Telugu people  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
c. 575  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Telugu  
Portuguese  

Language Position
15  
14
6  
6

Signed Forms
Signed Telugu  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
te  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
tel  
por  

ISO 639 3
tel  
por  

ISO 639 6
tel  
por  

Glottocode
telu1262  
port1283  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Telugu and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Telugu vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Telugu and Portuguese language. History of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575 whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd 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 Portuguese Language History.

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

Telugu vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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