Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
India
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
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
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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.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
Similar To
Tamil
Kannada Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
6051
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1916
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4135
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Namaskara
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
yedde rathre
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
yedde kaande
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Daya maltadu
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Yenna thapu aandu
Bye
బై (Bai)
Barpe
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Waddar
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
170,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Jain
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
26,000.001,900,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Girijan
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
30,000.002.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
384
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million1.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Tulu
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
télougou
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German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Tulu
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ˈtulu]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Tuluva
Origin
c. 575
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Language Family
Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
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Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Tulu
Language Position
1523
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Signed Tulu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
tcy
ISO 639 2/B
tel
tul
ISO 639 3
tel
tcy
ISO 639 6
tel
tcy
Glottocode
telu1262
tulu1258
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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