Countries
Japan
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Tamil
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9960
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
519
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1441
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Telugu Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
బై (Bai)
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Waddar
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Chenchu
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
kansai
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3138
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
128.00 million80.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.90 %1.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
japonais
télougou
German Name
Japanisch
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Telugu people
Origin
1185
c. 575
Language Family
Japonic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Japanese
Telugu
Language Position
815
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
tel
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
tel
ISO 639 3
jpn
tel
ISO 639 6
jpn
tel
Glottocode
nucl1643
telu1262
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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