Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Bangladesh, Bhutan
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Asam Sahitya Sabha
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.
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Tamil
Bengali and Oriya
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6052
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1911
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4141
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Bengali
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)
nomoskaar
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
ḍhonyobaaḍ
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
aapuni kene aase?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
subhoraattri
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
subha gadhuli
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
subha abeli
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
suprobhaat
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
anugroha kori
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
moi ḍukkhita
Bye
బై (Bai)
biḍai
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
kyoma koribo
Dialect 1
Waddar
Kamrupi
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Western Assam
How Many People Speak
170,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Goalpariya
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Western Assam
How Many People Speak
26,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Bhakatiya
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Assam
How Many People Speak
30,000.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
383
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million15.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.24 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million15.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
French Name
télougou
assamais
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Assamesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Assamese people
Origin
c. 575
7th century A.D
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Kamarupa
Standard Forms
Telugu
Assamese
Language Position
1565
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Signed Assamese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
as
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
asm
ISO 639 2/B
tel
asm
ISO 639 3
tel
asm
ISO 639 6
tel
asm
Glottocode
telu1262
assa1263
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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