Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
44
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Russia
Second Language
Karnataka
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Tamil
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6033
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1910
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4121
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Cyrillic
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)
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
బై (Bai)
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Waddar
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
How Many People Speak
170,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Olonets
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Olonets
How Many People Speak
26,000.00154,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Novgorod
How Many People Speak
30,000.00154,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3813
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million276.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %2.33 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
75.00 million166.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million110.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Русский
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Russki
French Name
télougou
russe
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Russisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Russians
Origin
c. 575
1000 AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Subgroup
-
Slavic
Branch
-
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Telugu
Standard Russian
Language Position
157
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
ru
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
rus
ISO 639 2/B
tel
rus
ISO 639 3
tel
rus
ISO 639 6
tel
rus
Glottocode
telu1262
russ1263
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-ea
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic