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Telugu vs Spanish


Spanish vs Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
46   
1

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India   
Spain   

Second Language
Karnataka   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

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

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Tamil   
French Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
60   
35
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19   
16
5   
2

How Many Consonants
41   
30
22   
12

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   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)   
hola   

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)   
Gracias   

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)   
Buenos Días   

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)   
Por Favor   

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)   
triste   

Bye
బై (Bai)   
adiós   

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
170,000.00   
39
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Chenchu   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
26,000.00   
99+
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
32
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
38   
28
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million   
20
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
1.15 %   
15
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)   
Español   

Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
télougou   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Telugu-Sprache   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Telugu people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 575   
210 BC   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Telugu   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
15   
14
2   
2

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
te   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
tel   
spa   

ISO 639 3
tel   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
telu1262   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Telugu and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Telugu vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Telugu and Spanish language. History of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575 whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Telugu vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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