Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Total No. Of Countries
46
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Karnataka
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Tamil
German and English Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6026
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
196
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4121
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
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Hallo
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
dankjewel
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
goede Nacht
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
goedemiddag
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
goedemorgen
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
alsjeblieft
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
sorry
Bye
బై (Bai)
vaarwel
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
pardon
Dialect 1
Waddar
Gronings
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Netherlands
How Many People Speak
170,000.00590,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
26,000.004,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
30,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
387
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million22.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
télougou
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Dutch people
Origin
c. 575
AD 450-500
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Telugu
Standard Dutch
Language Position
1548
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
nl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
nld
ISO 639 2/B
tel
dut
ISO 639 3
tel
nld
ISO 639 6
tel
nld
Glottocode
telu1262
mode1257
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic