Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Bhutan
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Bhutan
Second Language
Karnataka
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
India
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Dzongkha Development Commission
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.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Tamil
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6095
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
195
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4130
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks38 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Tsip maza
Bye
బై (Bai)
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Waddar
Laya
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
170,000.001,100.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Lunana
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
26,000.00700.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Adap
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
30,000.00130,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
384
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million0.64 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.07 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million0.17 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million0.47 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
télougou
dzongkha
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Ngalop people
Origin
c. 575
17th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
Tibeto-Burman
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Dzongkha
Language Position
1531
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
dz
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
dzo
ISO 639 2/B
tel
dzo
ISO 639 3
tel
dzo
ISO 639 6
tel
dzo
Glottocode
telu1262
nucl1307
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-