Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
China, Guangdong
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
Tamil
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2860
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
819
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2041
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Telugu Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
103
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
谢谢
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
你好吗？
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
晚安
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
晚上好
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
下午好
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
早上好
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
请
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
遗憾
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
再见
బై (Bai)
I Love You
我爱你
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
原谅我
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Waddar
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
71,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Xiguan
Chenchu
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
71,000,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
70,000,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
338
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million80.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %1.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
52.00 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
71.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
cantonais
télougou
German Name
Kantonesisch
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Telugu people
Origin
17th century
c. 575
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Telugu
Language Position
115
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Signed Telugu
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yue
tel
ISO 639 2/B
yue
tel
ISO 639 3
No data available
tel
ISO 639 6
yue
tel
Glottocode
cant1236
telu1262
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-