Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Pakistan
Second Language
Karnataka
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
India
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
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.
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
Similar To
Tamil
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6052
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1910
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4140
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
హలో (Halō)
خوش آمديد
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
آپ کا شکریہ
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
گڈ نائٹ
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
سلام علیکم
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
گڈ آفٹر نون
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
گڈ مارننگ
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
براہ مہربانی
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
معاف کرنا
Bye
బై (Bai)
الوداع
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
مجھے تم سے محبت
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
معاف کیجئے گا
Dialect 1
Waddar
Dakhini
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
India
How Many People Speak
170,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Hyderabadi Urdu
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
India
How Many People Speak
26,000.0069,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Rekhta
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
South Asia
How Many People Speak
30,000.0069,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
383
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million104.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.15 %0.99 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
75.00 million61.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million43.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
اُردُو
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Bihari
French Name
télougou
ourdou
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Urdu
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Urdu-speaking people
Origin
c. 575
12th Century CE
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Modern Standard Urdu
Language Position
1520
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Signed Urdu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
ur
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
urd
ISO 639 2/B
tel
urd
ISO 639 3
tel
urd
ISO 639 6
tel
urd
Glottocode
telu1262
urdu1245
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-q
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional