Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
43
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Somalia
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Yemen
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Tamil
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6026
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
195
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4121
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Hello
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Subax wanaagsan
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Fadlan
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
sorry
Bye
బై (Bai)
caraysiiyo
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Waddar
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
170,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
26,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
30,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
383
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
75.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
télougou
somali
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Somali
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Somalis
Origin
c. 575
19th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Somali
Language Position
1583
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
som
ISO 639 2/B
tel
som
ISO 639 3
tel
som
ISO 639 6
tel
som
Glottocode
telu1262
soma1255
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
-
-