Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Nepal
Second Language
Karnataka
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Tamil
Hindi
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6048
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1912
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4136
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good afternoon
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
कृपया
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
బై (Bai)
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Waddar
Doteli
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Nepal
How Many People Speak
170,000.00790,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
26,000.0017,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Nepal
How Many People Speak
30,000.0017,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3812
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.15 %0.25 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
75.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
télougou
népalais
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Nepali
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
c. 575
19 BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Telugu
Nepali
Language Position
1559
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
te
ne
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
nep
ISO 639 2/B
tel
nep
ISO 639 3
tel
npi
ISO 639 6
tel
nep
Glottocode
telu1262
nepa1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative