Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
European Union, Finland
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Second Language
Karnataka
Estonia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Institute for the Languages of Finland
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.
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
Similar To
Tamil
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6029
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
198
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4113
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
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Moi
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Kiitos
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Mitä kuuluu?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
hyvää yötä
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Hyvää iltaa
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Hyvää iltapäivää
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Hyvää huomenta
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
haluta
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Anteeksi
Bye
బై (Bai)
Heippa
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Minä rakastan sinua
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Anteeksi
Dialect 1
Waddar
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Finland
How Many People Speak
170,000.005,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Rauma
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Finland, Rauma
How Many People Speak
26,000.005,600,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Finland, Sweden
How Many People Speak
30,000.0060,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3821
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million5.40 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million5.40 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million0.01 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
suomi / suomen kieli
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Suomi
French Name
télougou
finnois
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Finnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ˈsuomi]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
ethnic Finns
Origin
c. 575
1543
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
-
Finno-Ugric
Branch
-
Finnic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
Telugu
standard Finnish
Language Position
1522
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Signed Finnish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
fi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
fin
ISO 639 2/B
tel
fin
ISO 639 3
tel
fin
ISO 639 6
tel
fin
Glottocode
telu1262
finn1318
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, Synthetic