Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Ethiopia, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Ethiopia
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Somalia
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
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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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Tamil
Somali Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
6034
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1910
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
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
akkam
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Galatoomi
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Maaloo
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
naa dhiisi
Bye
బై (Bai)
Nagayattii!
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Waddar
Borana
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
170,000.004,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Orma
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Kenya
How Many People Speak
26,000.0066,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Wata
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Kenya
How Many People Speak
30,000.0013,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
3817
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.36 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million24.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
télougou
galla
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Oromos
Origin
c. 575
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Language Family
Dravidian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
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Cushitic
Branch
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Afaan Oromo
Language Position
1591
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Oromo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
te
om
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
orm
ISO 639 2/B
tel
orm
ISO 639 3
tel
orm
ISO 639 6
tel
orm
Glottocode
telu1262
nucl1736
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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