Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
South Africa
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
South Africa
Second Language
Karnataka
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Pan South African Language Board
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.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Tamil
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Sawubona
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
unjani
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Ngiyacela
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Ngiyaxolisa
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Uxolo
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Gabon, South Africa
Dialect 2
Chenchu
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Georgia, South Africa
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Zimbabwe
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
télougou
zoulou
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Zulu people
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Telugu
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
telu1262
zulu1248
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Telugu and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Zulu language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Telugu vs Zulu Difficulty
The Telugu vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Zulu 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 Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.