Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
43
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Tamil
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6053
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1915
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4141
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
బై (Bai)
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Waddar
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
170,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Mappila
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
India
How Many People Speak
26,000.0038,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
30,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
383
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million38.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
télougou
malayalam
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Malayali
Origin
c. 575
9th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early form
Standard Forms
Telugu
Malayalam
Language Position
1529
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
mal
ISO 639 2/B
tel
mal
ISO 639 3
tel
mal
ISO 639 6
tel
mal
Glottocode
telu1262
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic