Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
74
0
46
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National Language
Germany
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Tamil
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2660
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1019
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
941
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
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
Danke
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
gute Nacht
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
guten Abend
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
guten Morgen
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
bitte
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
Verzeihung
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
Tschüs
బై (Bai)
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Waddar
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Swabian German
Chenchu
Where They Speak
Germany
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
820,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Texas German
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
Texas
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
6,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2838
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
229.00 million80.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.39 %1.15 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
101.00 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
128.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Deutsch
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
allemand
télougou
German Name
Deutsch
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Germans
Telugu people
Origin
6th Century AD
c. 575
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
-
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Telugu
Language Position
915
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed German
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
de
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
deu
tel
ISO 639 2/B
ger
tel
ISO 639 3
deu
tel
ISO 639 6
deus
tel
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
telu1262
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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