Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
43
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Karnataka
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Tamil
Armenian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6024
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
197
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4117
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Arabic, 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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
బై (Bai)
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Waddar
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Greece
How Many People Speak
170,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Griko
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Italy
How Many People Speak
26,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
30,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
3825
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.18 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million13.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
télougou
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
c. 575
1500 BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Hellenic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Telugu
Modern Greek
Language Position
1574
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
ell
ISO 639 2/B
tel
gre
ISO 639 3
tel
ell
ISO 639 6
tel
ells
Glottocode
telu1262
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic