Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Latvia
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
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
Latvian State Language Center
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Tamil
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6033
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
199
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4124
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, 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)
Sveiki
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Paldies
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Labdien
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Labrīt
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
lūdzu
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Piedodiet!
Bye
బై (Bai)
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Waddar
Livonian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Latvia
How Many People Speak
170,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Latvia
How Many People Speak
26,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
30,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
383
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
75.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Lettish
French Name
télougou
letton
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Latvians or Letts
Origin
c. 575
1530
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Latvian
Language Position
159
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
te
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
lav
ISO 639 2/B
tel
lav
ISO 639 3
tel
lav
ISO 639 6
tel
lav
Glottocode
telu1262
latv1249
Linguasphere
No data available
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic