Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
74
0
46
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National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
Tamil
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2160
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
519
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1641
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
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ciao
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
grazie
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
Come stai?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
buonanotte
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
buonasera
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
buongiorno
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
Per Favore
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
scusate
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
arrivederci
బై (Bai)
I Love You
Ti amo
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
Scusami
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Waddar
Where They Speak
Lazio
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Italian
Chenchu
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tuscan
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1538
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
78.00 million80.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.90 %1.15 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
64.00 million75.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Italiano
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Italiano
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
italien
télougou
German Name
Italienisch
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Italians
Telugu people
Origin
960 BC
c. 575
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Romance
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Italian
Telugu
Language Position
2715
1
120
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Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
it
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ita
tel
ISO 639 2/B
ita
tel
ISO 639 3
ita
tel
ISO 639 6
itas
tel
Glottocode
ital1282
telu1262
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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