Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Total No. Of Countries
47
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Germany
Second Language
Karnataka
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Council for German Orthography
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.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Tamil
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6026
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1910
0
32
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How Many Consonants
419
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
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
hallo
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Danke
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
gute Nacht
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
guten Tag
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
guten Morgen
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
bitte
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Verzeihung
Bye
బై (Bai)
Tschüs
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Waddar
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Switzerland
How Many People Speak
170,000.004,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Germany
How Many People Speak
26,000.00820,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Texas German
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Texas
How Many People Speak
30,000.006,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
3828
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million229.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %1.39 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million101.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million128.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
télougou
allemand
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Deutsch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Germans
Origin
c. 575
6th Century AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Language Position
159
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
de
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
deu
ISO 639 2/B
tel
ger
ISO 639 3
tel
deu
ISO 639 6
tel
deus
Glottocode
telu1262
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic