Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Karnataka
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Tamil
Romanian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6036
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
197
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4129
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Përshëndetje
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Si jeni?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
natën e mirë
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
mirëdita
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
mirëmengjes
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Ju lutem
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Me fal
Bye
బై (Bai)
mirupafshim
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Më falni
Dialect 1
Waddar
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
170,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
26,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Italy
How Many People Speak
30,000.00100,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
384
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million7.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million3.10 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million3.60 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Shqip
French Name
télougou
albanais
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Albanians
Origin
c. 575
1462 AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Telugu
Standard Albanian
Language Position
1514
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
tel
alb
ISO 639 3
tel
sqi
ISO 639 6
tel
sqi
Glottocode
telu1262
alba1267
Linguasphere
No data available
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic