Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
46
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Karnataka
Spain
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Tamil
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6027
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
195
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4123
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 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Hola
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Gràcies
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Com estàs?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Bona nit
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Bona tarda
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Bon dia
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sisplau
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Perdó!
Bye
బై (Bai)
Adéu
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
T'estimo
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dispensi!
Dialect 1
Waddar
Caló
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
170,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Valencian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Spain
How Many People Speak
26,000.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Spain
How Many People Speak
30,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
388
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million9.20 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.12 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million4.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
català
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
télougou
catalan; valencien
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Catalan people
Origin
c. 575
c. 1028
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Telugu
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
1532
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
cat
ISO 639 2/B
tel
cat
ISO 639 3
tel
cat
ISO 639 6
tel
cat
Glottocode
telu1262
stan1289
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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-