Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Total No. Of Countries
411
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Turkey
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Turkish Language Association
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.
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
Similar To
Tamil
Azerbaijani Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6029
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
198
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4121
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
హలో (Halō)
Merhaba
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
teşekkür ederim
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Nasılsın?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
İyi Geceler
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
İyi Akşamlar
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Tünaydın
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
günaydın
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
lütfen
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
üzgünüm
Bye
బై (Bai)
Hoşçakal
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Afedersiniz
Dialect 1
Waddar
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
170,000.0026,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Chenchu
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
26,000.00480,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Gagauz
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
How Many People Speak
30,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
389
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million75.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.15 %0.95 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
75.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Türkçe
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Anatolian, Türkisch
French Name
télougou
turc
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Türkisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Turkish
Origin
c. 575
c. 1350
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
-
Turkic
Branch
-
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
Telugu
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Language Position
1519
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
tr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
tur
ISO 639 2/B
tel
tur
ISO 639 3
tel
tur
ISO 639 6
tel
tur
Glottocode
telu1262
nucl1301
Linguasphere
No data available
44-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic