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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   
11
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   
39
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Chenchu   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
26,000.00   
99+
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu   
France   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
32
96,000,000.00   
1

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 %   
15
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
5.00 million   
29

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
Not Available   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Telugu people   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
c. 575   
13th Century   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Telugu   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
15   
14
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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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