Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Philippines
Second Language
Karnataka
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
Tamil
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6025
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
195
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4118
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Baybayin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Kamusta
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Salamat po
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Magandang umaga po
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
pakiusap
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
pinagsisisihan
Bye
బై (Bai)
Paálam
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Waddar
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
170,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Bisalog
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Philippines
How Many People Speak
26,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Filipino
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Philippines
How Many People Speak
30,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
383
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million73.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.42 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million28.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
télougou
tagalog
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Tagalog
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Tagalog people
Origin
c. 575
1593
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Telugu
Filipino
Language Position
1558
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Signed Tagalog
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
t1
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
tgl
ISO 639 2/B
tel
tgl
ISO 639 3
tel
tg1
ISO 639 6
tel
tgl
Glottocode
telu1262
taga1269
Linguasphere
No data available
31-CKA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-