Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
46
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Karnataka
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Tamil
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6031
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
197
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
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
alo
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
multumesc
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
ce mai faci?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
noapte Buna
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
buna Ziua
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
bună Dimineața
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Vă Rog
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
scuze
Bye
బై (Bai)
La revedere
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Waddar
Aromanian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
170,000.00250,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
26,000.005,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Croatia
How Many People Speak
30,000.001,400.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
3810
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million24.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Română
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
télougou
roumain; moldave
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Romanians
Origin
c. 575
1521
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Telugu
Romanian
Language Position
1536
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
ron
ISO 639 2/B
tel
rum
ISO 639 3
tel
ron
ISO 639 6
tel
ron
Glottocode
telu1262
roma1327
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAD-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic