Countries
Burma
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
- 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
Kinyarwanda Language
Tamil
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2160
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
519
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1941
9
60
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Scripts
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
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
Urakoze
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
Ndagusavye
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
Ndasubiza
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
N’agasaga
బై (Bai)
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Waddar
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ha
Chenchu
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
990,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Shubi
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
153,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
638
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million80.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %1.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
rundi
télougou
German Name
Kirundi
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Telugu people
Origin
1500
c. 575
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Telugu
Language Position
8615
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Signed Telugu
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
tel
ISO 639 2/B
run
tel
ISO 639 3
run
tel
ISO 639 6
run
tel
Glottocode
rund1242
telu1262
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-