Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Total No. Of Countries
44
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Sweden
Second Language
Karnataka
Finland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Antartica, Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
Similar To
Tamil
Norwegian and Danish Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6029
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
199
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4118
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
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
hej
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
tacka dig
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
hur mår du
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
godnatt
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
god kväll
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
god eftermiddag
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
god morgon
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
vänligen
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
ledsen
Bye
బై (Bai)
hej då
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
jag älskar dig
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
ursäkta mig
Dialect 1
Waddar
Dialects
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Gabon
How Many People Speak
170,000.0078,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Dialects
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Georgia
How Many People Speak
26,000.0078,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Dialects
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
France
How Many People Speak
30,000.0096,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3879
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million15.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million8.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Svenska
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Ruotsi, Svenska
French Name
télougou
suédois
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Schwedisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Origin
c. 575
13th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Old Swedish
Standard Forms
Telugu
Standard Swedish
Language Position
1589
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
sv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
swe
ISO 639 2/B
tel
swe
ISO 639 3
tel
swe
ISO 639 6
tel
swe
Glottocode
telu1262
swed1254
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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