Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
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
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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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Tamil
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6044
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1917
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4127
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, 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)
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Hach ch'i
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
مهربانی کر
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
బై (Bai)
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Waddar
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
170,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Poguli
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
26,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Rambani
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
India
How Many People Speak
30,000.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
384
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million5.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million5.42 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
télougou
kashmiri
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
c. 575
12th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Kashmiri
Language Position
1523
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
kas
ISO 639 2/B
tel
kas
ISO 639 3
tel
kas
ISO 639 6
tel
kas
Glottocode
telu1262
kash1277
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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