Countries
India
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
India
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, 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
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
- 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
Bengali Language
Tamil
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4760
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
819
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3141
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
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
18 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
బై (Bai)
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Waddar
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kharwa
Chenchu
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Surati
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
-
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
838
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million80.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.74 %1.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
50.00 million75.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
55.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
goudjrati
télougou
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Telugu people
Origin
15
c. 575
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Telugu
Language Position
2315
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
gu
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
guj
tel
ISO 639 2/B
guj
tel
ISO 639 3
guj
tel
ISO 639 6
guj
tel
Glottocode
guja1252
telu1262
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-