Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Nigeria
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Yoruba Academy
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 largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Tamil
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6029
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1912
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4117
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
e dupe
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
e kaasan
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
e kaaro
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Jowo
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
binu
Bye
బై (Bai)
bye
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Waddar
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
170,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Ede
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
26,000.00800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
30,000.0010,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3820
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.42 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million28.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million30.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
télougou
yoruba
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[jòɾùbá]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Yoruba people
Origin
c. 575
4 BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Western Sudanic
Branch
-
Kwa
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Yorùbá
Language Position
1549
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
yo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
yor
ISO 639 2/B
tel
yor
ISO 639 3
tel
yor
ISO 639 6
tel
yor
Glottocode
telu1262
yoru1245
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating