Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Middle East
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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Tamil
Farsi Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
6033
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
198
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4129
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Silaw
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Sipas
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Şev xweş
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Bayanit bash
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Bê zehmet
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bibûre
Bye
బై (Bai)
Be xêr çî
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Waddar
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
170,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
26,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
30,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
383
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
télougou
kurde
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Kurds
Origin
c. 575
16th century CE
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Telugu
Kurdish
Language Position
1514
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
te
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
kur
ISO 639 2/B
tel
kur
ISO 639 3
tel
kur
ISO 639 6
tel
kur
Glottocode
telu1262
kurd1259
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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