Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
European Union, Slovenia
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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.
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Tamil
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6025
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
195
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
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Halo
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Hvala
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Kako se imate?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Lahko noč
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Dober dan
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Dobro jutro
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Prosim
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Oprostite
Bye
బై (Bai)
Nasvidenje
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Waddar
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Hungary, Slovenia
How Many People Speak
170,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Resian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Italy
How Many People Speak
26,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Styrian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Slovenia
How Many People Speak
30,000.002,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3848
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
75.00 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Slovenščina
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
télougou
slovène
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Slovenes
Origin
c. 575
972-1093
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Slovene
Language Position
1528
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Slovene Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
sl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
slv
ISO 639 2/B
tel
slv
ISO 639 3
tel
slv
ISO 639 6
tel
slv
Glottocode
telu1262
slov1268
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional