Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
43
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Abkhazia
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
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Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Tamil
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6062
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
192
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4160
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
амритана
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Амарахь
Bye
బై (Bai)
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
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Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Waddar
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
170,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
26,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Sadz
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Turkey
How Many People Speak
30,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
383
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
télougou
abkhaze
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Abkhaz people
Origin
c. 575
c. 1650
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Abkhaz
Language Position
1528
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
abk
ISO 639 2/B
tel
abk
ISO 639 3
tel
abk
ISO 639 6
tel
abks
Glottocode
telu1262
abkh1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative