Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
45
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Karnataka
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Tamil
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6026
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1924
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4123
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
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
బై (Bai)
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Waddar
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
170,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Wu
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
26,000.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Yue
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
30,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3810
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %16.00 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million873.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million178.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
télougou
chinois
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Han
Origin
c. 575
1250 BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Standard Chinese
Language Position
151
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
zho
ISO 639 2/B
tel
chi
ISO 639 3
tel
zho
ISO 639 6
tel
zho
Glottocode
telu1262
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating