Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Estonia, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Tamil
Finnish
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6027
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
199
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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Tere
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
aitäh
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Head ööd
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Tere päevast
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Tere hommikust
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Palun
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Vabandust
Bye
బై (Bai)
Head aega
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Waddar
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
170,000.001,300,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Tartu
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
26,000.001,300,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
How Many People Speak
30,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
388
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million1.10 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.03 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million0.95 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million1.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Eesti keel
French Name
télougou
estonien
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Estonians
Origin
c. 575
13th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
-
Finno-Ugric
Branch
-
Finnic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Estonian
Language Position
1522
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
te
et
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
est
ISO 639 2/B
tel
est
ISO 639 3
tel
est
ISO 639 6
tel
est
Glottocode
telu1262
esto1258
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative