Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
France, Spain
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
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
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
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.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
Tamil
Spanish
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6027
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
195
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4121
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Kaixo
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Zer moduz?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Gabon
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Egun on
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Mesedez
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Barkatu
Bye
బై (Bai)
Agur
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Waddar
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
France
How Many People Speak
170,000.0068,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Souletin
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
France, Soule, Spain
How Many People Speak
26,000.008,700.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Spain
How Many People Speak
30,000.00750,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
386
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million7.20 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.12 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million7.20 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Euskara
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
télougou
basque
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[bɑːsk]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Basque people
Origin
c. 575
c. 1000
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Telugu
Basque
Language Position
1530
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Basque Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
te
eu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
eus
ISO 639 2/B
tel
baq
ISO 639 3
tel
eus
ISO 639 6
tel
eus
Glottocode
telu1262
basq1248
Linguasphere
No data available
40-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative