Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
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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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Tamil
Bengali Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6047
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
198
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4131
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Devanagari
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 weeks18 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Bye
బై (Bai)
બાય (Bāya)
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Waddar
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
170,000.0046,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Kharwa
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
26,000.0056,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Surati
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
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How Many People Speak
30,000.0056,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
388
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.74 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million50.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million55.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
télougou
goudjrati
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Gujaratis
Origin
c. 575
15
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Telugu
Modern Gujarati
Language Position
1523
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Signed Gujarati
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
gu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
guj
ISO 639 2/B
tel
guj
ISO 639 3
tel
guj
ISO 639 6
tel
guj
Glottocode
telu1262
guja1252
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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