Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
South Africa
Second Language
Karnataka
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Tamil
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6053
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1910
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4143
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Molo
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Unjani
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Molo
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Ndicela
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
బై (Bai)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Waddar
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
South Africa
How Many People Speak
170,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Thembu
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
South Africa
How Many People Speak
26,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
South Africa
How Many People Speak
30,000.0019.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
389
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million8.20 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
télougou
xhosa
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
c. 575
16th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
isiXhosa
Language Position
1521
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
xho
ISO 639 2/B
tel
xho
ISO 639 3
tel
xho
ISO 639 6
tel
xho
Glottocode
telu1262
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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