Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
44
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Tamil
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6024
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
195
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4121
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Habari
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Asante
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
tafadhali
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
pole
Bye
బై (Bai)
bye
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Waddar
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
170,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
26,000.0075,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
30,000.0075,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3812
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million150.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.42 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million15.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million75.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
télougou
swahili
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Swahili
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
c. 575
6th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Swahili
Language Position
1521
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
te
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
swa
ISO 639 2/B
tel
swa
ISO 639 3
tel
swa
ISO 639 6
tel
swa
Glottocode
telu1262
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-