Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Tamil
Munda Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
6030
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
196
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4121
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Henda ho
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
संध्यायान
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Boge Setak’
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
দয়া করে
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
দুঃখিত
Bye
బై (Bai)
Hariau
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Waddar
Mahali
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
India
How Many People Speak
170,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Not present
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
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How Many People Speak
26,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Not present
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
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How Many People Speak
30,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
381
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million6.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million6.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
télougou
santal
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Santali
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
c. 575
20th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Santali
Language Position
1541
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
sat
ISO 639 2/B
tel
sat
ISO 639 3
tel
sat
ISO 639 6
tel
sat
Glottocode
telu1262
sant1410
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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