Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Malta
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
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
National Council for the Maltese Language
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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Tamil
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6030
18
247
👆🏻
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 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Ħello
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Grazzi
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Kif int?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Skużani!
Bye
బై (Bai)
Ċaw
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Waddar
Qormi
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Malta
How Many People Speak
170,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Malta
How Many People Speak
26,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Not Present
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
-
How Many People Speak
30,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
382
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million0.52 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.15 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
75.00 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million0.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Malti
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Malti
French Name
télougou
maltais
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Maltese
Origin
c. 575
c. 1470
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Maltese
Language Position
1525
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
tel
mlt
ISO 639 3
tel
mlt
ISO 639 6
tel
mlt
Glottocode
telu1262
malt1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic