Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
43
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Malaysia
Second Language
Karnataka
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Thailand
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Tamil
Indonesian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6026
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
196
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4124
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
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)
Hai
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
terima kasih
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Apa khabar?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Selamat pagi
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
sila
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
maaf
Bye
బై (Bai)
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Waddar
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
170,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Pekal
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
26,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Musi
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
30,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3824
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million175.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %1.16 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million77.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million98.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
télougou
malais
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Malaysian people
Origin
c. 575
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Telugu
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
1554
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
msa
ISO 639 2/B
tel
may
ISO 639 3
tel
zsm
ISO 639 6
tel
may
Glottocode
telu1262
stan1306
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative