Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Indonesia
Second Language
Karnataka
East Timor, Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
Similar To
Tamil
Malay language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Malay and Dutch Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6026
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
196
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4119
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
37
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Halo
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Terima kasih
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Apa kabar?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Malam yang baik
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Selamat Sore
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Selamat Pagi
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
mohon Untuk
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
maaf
Bye
బై (Bai)
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Aku cinta kamu
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Permisi
Dialect 1
Waddar
Sundanese
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
170,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Balinese
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
How Many People Speak
26,000.003,300,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Indonesia, Malaysia
How Many People Speak
30,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
3846
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million163.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %1.16 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million23.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million140.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Bahasa Melayu
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Bahasa Indonesia
French Name
télougou
indonésien
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Bahasa Indonesia
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Indonesians
Origin
c. 575
7th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Old Malay
Standard Forms
Telugu
Indonesian
Language Position
1556
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
id
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
ind
ISO 639 2/B
tel
ind
ISO 639 3
tel
ind
ISO 639 6
tel
ind
Glottocode
telu1262
indo1316
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