Countries
Zimbabwe
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Africa
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
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
- 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
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Tamil
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3760
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
519
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4641
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Telugu Script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
Waita zvako
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Manheru
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
bye
బై (Bai)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Waddar
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Chenchu
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Zezuru
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
16.0030,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
438
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million80.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %1.15 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.30 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
chiShona
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
shona
télougou
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Telugu people
Origin
20th century
c. 575
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Telugu
Language Position
10715
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
tel
ISO 639 2/B
sna
tel
ISO 639 3
sna
tel
ISO 639 6
sna
tel
Glottocode
core1255
telu1262
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-