Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Nigeria
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
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.
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
Similar To
Tamil
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6036
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
198
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4128
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
kedụ
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
dalụ
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
ka chi fo
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
ụtụtụ ọma
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Biko
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Ndo
Bye
బై (Bai)
Kachifo
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
ngọpụ
Dialect 1
Waddar
Enuani
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
170,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Ngwa
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
26,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Not present
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
-
How Many People Speak
30,000.0024.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3820
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.09 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million24.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
igbo
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Ibo
French Name
télougou
igbo
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Igbo people
Origin
c. 575
30th Century BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Kwa
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Standard Igbo
Language Position
1557
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Igbo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
ig
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
ibo
ISO 639 2/B
tel
ibo
ISO 639 3
tel
ibo
ISO 639 6
tel
ibo
Glottocode
telu1262
nucl1417
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative