Countries
India, Nepal
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Nepal
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese 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
Hindi
Tamil
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4860
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1219
0
32
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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
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
कृपया
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
బై (Bai)
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Doteli
Waddar
Where They Speak
Nepal
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
790,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Chenchu
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
Nepal
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1238
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
30.00 million80.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %1.15 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million75.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
népalais
télougou
German Name
Nepali
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Telugu people
Origin
19 BC
c. 575
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Nepali
Telugu
Language Position
5915
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ne
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nep
tel
ISO 639 2/B
nep
tel
ISO 639 3
npi
tel
ISO 639 6
nep
tel
Glottocode
nepa1254
telu1262
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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