Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Norway
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Norway
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Tamil
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6029
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
199
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4120
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
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
hallo
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
takk
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
god natt
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
god kveld
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
god morgen
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Vær så snill
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
unnskyld
Bye
బై (Bai)
ha det
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Waddar
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
170,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Sogn
How Many People Speak
26,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
30,000.005,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3819
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million5.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
75.00 million5.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Norsk
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Norsk
French Name
télougou
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Norwegians
Origin
c. 575
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Telugu
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
1518
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
te
no
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
nor
ISO 639 2/B
tel
nor
ISO 639 3
tel
nor
ISO 639 6
tel
nor
Glottocode
telu1262
norw1258
Linguasphere
No data available
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional