Countries
India
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
India
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
- 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
Marathi
Tamil
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5260
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1619
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3641
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Telugu Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Namaskar
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
kaso assa?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
Chike
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
Maf kor
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
Adeus
బై (Bai)
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Antruz
Waddar
Where They Speak
Goa
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Chenchu
Where They Speak
-
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
-
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
7.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
138
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million80.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %1.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.40 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
konkani
télougou
German Name
Konkani
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Telugu people
Origin
1209 A.D.
c. 575
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Kokani
Telugu
Language Position
2315
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kok
tel
ISO 639 2/B
kok
tel
ISO 639 3
kok
tel
ISO 639 6
kok
tel
Glottocode
goan1235
telu1262
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-