Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
43
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Karnataka
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Tamil
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6032
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
196
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4123
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
سلام
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
متشکرم
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
چطور هستید?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
شب بخیر
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
صبح به خیر
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
لطفا
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
متاسف
Bye
బై (Bai)
خدا حافظ
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Waddar
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Iran, Iraq
How Many People Speak
170,000.0047,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Afganistan
How Many People Speak
26,000.0012,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
30,000.007,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3812
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million65.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.99 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million65.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million110.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
فارسی
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
télougou
persan
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Persisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Persian people
Origin
c. 575
1500 BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Telugu
Persian
Language Position
1523
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
fa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
fas
ISO 639 2/B
tel
per
ISO 639 3
tel
pes
ISO 639 6
tel
pers
Glottocode
telu1262
fars1254
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic