Countries
Meghalaya
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
-
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
-
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
-
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Interesting Facts
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
- 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
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Tamil
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2360
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
619
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1441
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Telugu Script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kumno
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
Khublei
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
thia sukh
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
babha janmiet
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
khublei
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
Sngewbha
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
Map
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
khublei
బై (Bai)
I Love You
ieit ieit
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
map a nga
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Bhoi
Waddar
Where They Speak
-
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Nonglung
Chenchu
Where They Speak
-
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
-
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
538
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.84 million80.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %1.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.84 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Ka Ktien
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
khasi
télougou
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Khasi people
Telugu people
Origin
1200 AD
c. 575
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Khasi
Telugu
Language Position
4015
1
120
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Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kha
tel
ISO 639 2/B
kha
tel
ISO 639 3
kha
tel
ISO 639 6
kha
tel
Glottocode
khas1269
telu1262
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-