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
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Pan South African Language Board
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.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Tamil
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6057
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
197
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4150
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Sawubona
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
unjani
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Ngiyacela
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
బై (Bai)
bye
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Waddar
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
170,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
26,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
30,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
384
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 %0.16 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million12.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
télougou
zoulou
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Zulu people
Origin
c. 575
19
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Telugu
Deep Zulu
Language Position
1587
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
zul
ISO 639 2/B
tel
zul
ISO 639 3
tel
zul
ISO 639 6
tel
zul
Glottocode
telu1262
zulu1248
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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