Countries
Nigeria
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Nigeria
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
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
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
- 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
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Tamil
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4460
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1219
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3241
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Telugu Script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
sannu
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
gode ku
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
yaya dai
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
mai kyau dare
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
barka da yamma
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
Don Allah
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
yi hakuri
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
sai anjima
బై (Bai)
I Love You
Ina son ku
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
gafara dai
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Waddar
Where They Speak
Ghana
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
50,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Chenchu
Where They Speak
Niger
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
150,000,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Daragaram
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
Niger
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
50.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2038
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
50.00 million80.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.52 %1.15 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
35.00 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
haoussa
télougou
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Telugu people
Origin
14
c. 575
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Chadic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Hausa
Telugu
Language Position
3415
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hausa
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ha
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hau
tel
ISO 639 2/B
hau
tel
ISO 639 3
hau
tel
ISO 639 6
hau
tel
Glottocode
haus1257
telu1262
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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