Countries
European Union, Malta
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Malta
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Interesting Facts
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
- 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
Western Arabic Dialects
Tamil
Derived From
Roman Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3060
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
619
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2441
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Telugu Script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ħello
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
Grazzi
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
Kif int?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
Skużani!
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
Ċaw
బై (Bai)
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
Skużi!
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Qormi
Waddar
Where They Speak
Malta
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
520,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Żejtun
Chenchu
Where They Speak
Malta
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
500,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not Present
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
-
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
500,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
238
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million80.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.02 %1.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.52 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.50 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Malti
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Malti
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
maltais
télougou
German Name
Maltesisch
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Telugu people
Origin
c. 1470
c. 575
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
North Abric
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Maltese
Telugu
Language Position
2515
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mt
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
tel
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
tel
ISO 639 3
mlt
tel
ISO 639 6
mlt
tel
Glottocode
malt1254
telu1262
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-