Countries
Countries
European Union, Finland
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Estonia
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
- 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Tamil
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2960
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
819
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1341
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Telugu Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Moi
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
Kiitos
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
hyvää yötä
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
haluta
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
Anteeksi
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
Heippa
బై (Bai)
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
Waddar
Where They Speak
Finland
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Rauma
Chenchu
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
5,600,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Meänkieli
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
60,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2138
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
5.40 million80.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %1.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.40 million75.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
0.01 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Suomi
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
finnois
télougou
German Name
Finnisch
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
Telugu people
History
Origin
1543
c. 575
Language Family
Uralic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
-
Branch
Finnic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
Telugu
Language Position
2215
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
fi
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
fin
tel
ISO 639 2/B
fin
tel
ISO 639 3
fin
tel
ISO 639 6
fin
tel
Glottocode
finn1318
telu1262
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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