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Telugu vs Swedish


Swedish vs Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
4  
11

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India  
Sweden  

Second Language
Karnataka  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Tamil  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
60  
35
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19  
16
9  
6

How Many Consonants
41  
30
18  
8

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)  
hej  

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  
hur mår du  

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  
godnatt  

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  
god morgon  

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  
vänligen  

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  
ledsen  

Bye
బై (Bai)  
hej då  

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Chenchu  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
26,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  
France  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
38  
28
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million  
20
15.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.15 %  
16
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)  
Svenska  

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

French Name
télougou  
suédois  

German Name
Telugu-Sprache  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Telugu people  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
c. 575  
13th Century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Telugu  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
15  
14
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Telugu  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
te  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
tel  
swe  

ISO 639 3
tel  
swe  

ISO 639 6
tel  
swe  

Glottocode
telu1262  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

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 Swedish Language History

Comparison of Telugu vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Telugu and Swedish language. History of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575 whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Swedish Language History.

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

Telugu vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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