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
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Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Interesting Facts
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
- 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
Old German Language
Tamil
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5260
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1619
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
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
బై (Bai)
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Not present
Waddar
Where They Speak
-
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
140,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Chenchu
Where They Speak
-
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
140,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
-
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
140,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
038
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
14.10 million80.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %1.15 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
14.10 million75.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
-5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
sanskrit
télougou
German Name
Sanskrit
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers
Telugu people
Origin
2000 B.C.
c. 575
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Telugu
Language Position
2315
1
120
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Signed Forms
-
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sa
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
san
tel
ISO 639 2/B
san
tel
ISO 639 3
san
tel
ISO 639 6
san
tel
Glottocode
sans1269
telu1262
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Ancient
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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