Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Ethiopia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Tamil
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
6033
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
197
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4131
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Selam
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Dehna dur
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
i'ndemin adäru
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
i'bakwon
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
aznallehu
Bye
బై (Bai)
tschao
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Waddar
Gondar
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Gondar
How Many People Speak
170,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
26,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Showa
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
30,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
385
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
télougou
amharique
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Amharas
Origin
c. 575
13th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Telugu
Amharic
Language Position
1555
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
amh
ISO 639 2/B
tel
amh
ISO 639 3
tel
amh
ISO 639 6
tel
amh
Glottocode
telu1262
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data available
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional