Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Total No. Of Countries
49
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Austria
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
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.
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
Similar To
Tamil
Serbain and Bosnian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Church Slavonic
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6030
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
195
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4125
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Latin
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)
bok
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
hvala
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
kako si
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
laku noć
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
dobra večer
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
dobar dan
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
dobro jutro
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
molim
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Oprostite
Bye
బై (Bai)
Doviđenja
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Volim te
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Ispričavam se
Dialect 1
Waddar
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Croatia
How Many People Speak
170,000.00660,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Croatia
How Many People Speak
26,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
How Many People Speak
30,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3879
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million89.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %89.00 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million5.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million1.25 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
hrvatski
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Hrvatski
French Name
télougou
croate
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Kroatisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Croats
Origin
c. 575
9th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Language Position
1523
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Croatian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
hr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
hrv
ISO 639 2/B
tel
hrv
ISO 639 3
tel
hrv
ISO 639 6
tel
hrv
Glottocode
telu1262
croa1245
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic