Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
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Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- 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
Zulu language
Tamil
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3160
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
519
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1841
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Telugu Script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
Zikomo
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
Chonde
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
pepani
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
anatsanzikana
బై (Bai)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
Pepani
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Waddar
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Chenchu
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
538
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million80.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %1.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
télougou
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Telugu people
Origin
15th Century
c. 575
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Chewa
Telugu
Language Position
2715
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
tel
ISO 639 2/B
nya
tel
ISO 639 3
nya
tel
ISO 639 6
nya
tel
Glottocode
nyan1308
telu1262
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-