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Countries

Countries

Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Total No. Of Countries

46
0 46
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National Language

Andra Pradesh, India
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Second Language

Karnataka
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles

Regulated By

Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University

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.
  • Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
  • The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.

Similar To

Tamil
Malayalam

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

60247
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1912
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4118
9 60
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Scripts

Telugu Script
Tamil

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

హలో (Halō)
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)

Thank You

ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)

How Are You?

నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)

Good Night

శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)

Good Evening

శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)

Good Afternoon

శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)

Good Morning

శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)

Please

దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
தயவு (Tayavu)

Sorry

క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)

Bye

బై (Bai)
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)

I Love You

నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)

Excuse Me

క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Waddar
Kongu

Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Kongu

How Many People Speak

170,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Chenchu
Madurai Tamil

Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu

How Many People Speak

26,000.0077,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Manna-Dora
Tirunelveli Tamil

Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli

How Many People Speak

30,000.0077,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

3810
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

80.00 million78.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.15 %1.06 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

75.00 million70.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.00 million8.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

తెలుగు (telugu)
தமிழ்

Alternative Names

Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili

French Name

télougou
tamoul

German Name

Telugu-Sprache
Tamil

Pronunciation

[ˈteluɡu]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]

Ethnicity

Telugu people
Tamil people or Tamilans

History

Origin

c. 575
300 BC

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Early Telugu epigraphy
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil

Standard Forms

Telugu
Modern Tamil

Language Position

1518
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Telugu
Signed Tamil

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

te
ta

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

tel
tam

ISO 639 2/B

tel
tam

ISO 639 3

tel
tam

ISO 639 6

tel
tam

Glottocode

telu1262
tami1289, oldt1248

Linguasphere

No data available
tami1289

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Telugu and Tamil Alphabets

Telugu and Tamil Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Telugu and Tamil. In Telugu Alphabets there are 60 letters while in Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters. To learn Telugu and Tamil languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Telugu and Tamil languages. The Telugu phonology consist Telugu vowels and Telugu consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Telugu greetings vs Tamil greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Telugu and Tamil are Most Spoken Languages.

All Telugu and Tamil Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Telugu and Tamil dialects. Various dialects of Telugu and Tamil language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Telugu are spoken in different Telugu Speaking Countries whereas Tamil Dialects are spoken in different Tamil speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Telugu vs Tamil Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Telugu dialects include: Waddar, Chenchu. Tamil dialects include: Kongu , Madurai Tamil. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Telugu and Tamil Speaking population

Telugu and Tamil speaking population is one of the factors based on which Telugu and Tamil languages can be compared. The total count of Telugu and Tamil Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Telugu language is 1.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Telugu and Tamil on Telugu vs Tamil where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Telugu and Tamil Language Codes

Telugu and Tamil language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Telugu and Tamil Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.