Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Georgia
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Cabinet of Georgia
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.
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
Similar To
Tamil
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Anatolian Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6033
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
195
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4128
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Arabic, Georgian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
ბოდიში (bodishi)
Bye
బై (Bai)
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Dialect 1
Waddar
Judaeo-Georgian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
How Many People Speak
170,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Kartlian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Kartli
How Many People Speak
26,000.004,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Pshavian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Pshavi
How Many People Speak
30,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3820
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million4.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.64 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million4.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
ქართული ენა
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
French Name
télougou
géorgien
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Georgisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Georgians
Origin
c. 575
5th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Kartvelian Family
Subgroup
-
Southern
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
Standard Forms
Telugu
Modern Georgian
Language Position
15120
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Georgian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
te
ka
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
kat
ISO 639 2/B
tel
geo
ISO 639 3
tel
kat
ISO 639 6
tel
kat
Glottocode
telu1262
nucl1302
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic