Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Bulgaria, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Bulgaria
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Institute for the Bulgarian language
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 only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
Tamil
Macedonian language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
6030
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
196
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4136
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
బై (Bai)
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Waddar
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
170,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
26,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
30,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3858
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million7.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.21 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million7.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million9.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Balgarski
French Name
télougou
bulgare
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Bulgarian people
Origin
c. 575
9th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Slavic
Branch
-
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Telugu
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
1588
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
bg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
bul
ISO 639 2/B
tel
bul
ISO 639 3
tel
bul
ISO 639 6
tel
buls
Glottocode
telu1262
bulg1262
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-hb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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