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Russian vs Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
4  
11

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India  
Russia  

Second Language
Karnataka  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Tamil  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
60  
35
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19  
16
10  
7

How Many Consonants
41  
30
21  
11

Scripts
Telugu Script  
Cyrillic  

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
బై (Bai)  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chenchu  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
26,000.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
38  
28
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million  
20
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
1.15 %  
16
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)  
Русский  

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

French Name
télougou  
russe  

German Name
Telugu-Sprache  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Telugu people  
Russians  

History

Origin
c. 575  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Telugu  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
15  
14
7  
7

Signed Forms
Signed Telugu  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
te  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
tel  
rus  

ISO 639 3
tel  
rus  

ISO 639 6
tel  
rus  

Glottocode
telu1262  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-ea  

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 Russian Language History

Comparison of Telugu vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Telugu and Russian language. History of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575 whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Russian Language History.

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

Telugu vs Russian Difficulty

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

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