Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, 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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Tamil
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
6021
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
195
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
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Bwakeye
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Urakoze
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Urakomeye?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Mwaramutse
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Ndagusavye
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Ndasubiza
Bye
బై (Bai)
N’agasaga
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Waddar
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
170,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Ha
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
26,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Shubi
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
30,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
386
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million8.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million8.80 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
télougou
rundi
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
c. 575
1500
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Kirundi
Language Position
1586
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
te
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
run
ISO 639 2/B
tel
run
ISO 639 3
tel
run
ISO 639 6
tel
run
Glottocode
telu1262
rund1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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