Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Total No. Of Countries
45
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
Similar To
Tamil
Norwegian and Swedish
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6029
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1920
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4120
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
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Hallo
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Mange tak
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Hvordan har du det?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
God nat
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
God aften
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
God eftermiddag
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
God morgen
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Please
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Undskyld!
Bye
బై (Bai)
Farvel
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Jeg elsker dig
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Undskyld mig
Dialect 1
Waddar
Scanian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Sweden
How Many People Speak
170,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Jutlandic
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Denmark
How Many People Speak
26,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Bornholmsk
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Island of Bornholm
How Many People Speak
30,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
384
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million5.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.07 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million5.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
dansk
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Dansk, Rigsdansk
French Name
télougou
danois
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Dänisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Danish people or Danes
Origin
c. 575
c. 1100 AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Standard Forms
Telugu
Rigsdansk
Language Position
1518
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Signed Danish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
da
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
dan
ISO 639 2/B
tel
dan
ISO 639 3
tel
dan
ISO 639 6
tel
dan
Glottocode
telu1262
dani1284
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
-
Fusional