Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Hong Kong, Macau
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Hawaii
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Tamil
Chinese Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6028
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
198
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4120
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
310
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
您好
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
谢谢
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
你好吗？
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
晚安
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
晚上好
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
下午好
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
早上好
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
请
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
遗憾
Bye
బై (Bai)
再见
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
我爱你
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
原谅我
Dialect 1
Waddar
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
170,000.0071,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
26,000.0071,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
30,000.0070,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
383
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %16.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
75.00 million52.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million71.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
télougou
cantonais
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Han Chinese
Origin
c. 575
17th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
151
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Signed Cantonese
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
te
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
yue
ISO 639 2/B
tel
yue
ISO 639 3
tel
No data available
ISO 639 6
tel
yue
Glottocode
telu1262
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-