Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Jammu and Kashmir, India
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
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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.
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
Similar To
Tamil
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6048
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1912
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4136
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
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 weeks42 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Ke aal aee
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
dhanwaad
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
kiyaan oo ji
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
shub ratri
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
shub ratri
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
शुभ अपराह्न
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
su prabat
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
kripya
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
Bye
బై (Bai)
changa ji pher
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
gustakhi maaf
Dialect 1
Waddar
Jaunsari
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
170,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Kullu
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
26,000.00110,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Hinduri
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
30,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
388
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million4.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million4.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million2.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
डोगरी
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
French Name
télougou
dogri
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Dogri
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ˈd̪oːɡri]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Dogras
Origin
c. 575
1971
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Dogri
Language Position
1532
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Signed Dogri
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
te
doi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
doi
ISO 639 2/B
tel
doi
ISO 639 3
tel
doi
ISO 639 6
tel
doi
Glottocode
telu1262
indo1311
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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