Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
54
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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
Japanese and Korean Languages
Tamil
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2660
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2419
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2341
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
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
请 (Qǐng)
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
బై (Bai)
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Waddar
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Chenchu
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1038
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million80.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %1.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million75.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
chinois
télougou
German Name
Chinesisch
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Han
Telugu people
Origin
1250 BC
c. 575
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Telugu
Language Position
115
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
tel
ISO 639 2/B
chi
tel
ISO 639 3
zho
tel
ISO 639 6
zho
tel
Glottocode
sini1245
telu1262
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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