Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Interesting Facts
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
- 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.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Tamil
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3060
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
619
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3641
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Telugu Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
Моля (Molja)
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
బై (Bai)
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Waddar
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Chenchu
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pirdop
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
5838
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.80 million80.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.21 %1.15 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.80 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
9.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
bulgare
télougou
German Name
Bulgarisch
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Telugu people
Origin
9th Century
c. 575
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Slavic
-
Branch
Southern
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Telugu
Language Position
8815
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bg
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
tel
ISO 639 2/B
bul
tel
ISO 639 3
bul
tel
ISO 639 6
buls
tel
Glottocode
bulg1262
telu1262
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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