Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Wales
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Wales
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Welsh Language Commissioner
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.
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
Tamil
English Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
British Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6029
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
197
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4121
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Helô
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Diolch
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Sut ydych chi?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Nos da
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Noswaith dda
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
P'nawn da
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Bore da
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
os gwelwch yn dda
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Bye
బై (Bai)
Hwyl
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
Waddar
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Argentina
How Many People Speak
170,000.0038,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Gwynedd
How Many People Speak
26,000.00700,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Powys
How Many People Speak
30,000.00700,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
388
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million7.40 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.24 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million7.40 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Cymraeg
French Name
télougou
gallois
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Kymrisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Welsh people
Origin
c. 575
9th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Celtic
Branch
-
Brythonic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Telugu
Welsh
Language Position
1531
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Welsh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
cy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
cym
ISO 639 2/B
tel
wel
ISO 639 3
tel
cym
ISO 639 6
tel
cym
Glottocode
telu1262
wels1247
Linguasphere
No data available
50-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional