Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Israel
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Israel
Second Language
Karnataka
Israel
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Poland
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Academy of the Hebrew 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.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Tamil
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6022
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
190
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4122
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Hebrew
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
హలో (Halō)
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
బై (Bai)
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Waddar
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Israel
How Many People Speak
170,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
26,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Israel
How Many People Speak
30,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
387
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million9.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.15 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
75.00 million4.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million5.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
télougou
hébreu
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Hebrew-speaking people
Origin
c. 575
1000 BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
Canaanitic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Telugu
Modern Hebrew
Language Position
1523
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
he
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
heb
ISO 639 2/B
tel
heb
ISO 639 3
tel
heb
ISO 639 6
tel
heb
Glottocode
telu1262
hebr1246
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic