Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Myanmar
Second Language
Karnataka
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Mon
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Myanmar Language Commission
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Tamil
Thai Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6033
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1912
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4133
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Tangut
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)
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
బై (Bai)
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Waddar
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
170,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
26,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Intha
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Burma
How Many People Speak
30,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
385
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million43.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.15 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
75.00 million33.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
télougou
birman
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Bamar people
Origin
c. 575
1113 AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Telugu
Modern Burmese
Language Position
1543
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
mya
ISO 639 2/B
tel
bur
ISO 639 3
tel
mya
ISO 639 6
tel
mya
Glottocode
telu1262
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating