Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
54
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Interesting Facts
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
- 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
Chinese and Japanese languages
Tamil
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4060
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2119
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1941
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Telugu Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
బై (Bai)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Jeju
Waddar
Where They Speak
South Korea
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
10,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Chenchu
Where They Speak
South Korea
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1238
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million80.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %1.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
coréen
télougou
German Name
Koreanisch
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Telugu people
Origin
Before 1st century
c. 575
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Telugu
Language Position
1215
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
tel
ISO 639 2/B
kor
tel
ISO 639 3
Kor
tel
ISO 639 6
kor
tel
Glottocode
kore1280
telu1262
Linguasphere
45-AAA
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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