Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Zambia
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
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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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Tamil
Zulu language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
6031
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
195
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4118
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Moni
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Zikomo
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Chonde
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
pepani
Bye
బై (Bai)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Pepani
Dialect 1
Waddar
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
170,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
26,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
30,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
385
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million12.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
télougou
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Chewa people
Origin
c. 575
15th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Chewa
Language Position
1527
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
nya
ISO 639 2/B
tel
nya
ISO 639 3
tel
nya
ISO 639 6
tel
nya
Glottocode
telu1262
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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