Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Fiji, India
Total No. Of Countries
42
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, Oceania
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Central Hindi Directorate
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 Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Tamil
Urdu
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6044
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1911
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4133
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
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
బై (Bai)
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Waddar
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
170,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Marwari
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
26,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
30,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3821
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million380.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %4.70 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million260.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million120.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
télougou
hindi
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Hindi
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Hindustani people
Origin
c. 575
7th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Standard Hindi
Language Position
155
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
hi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
hin
ISO 639 2/B
tel
hin
ISO 639 3
tel
hin
ISO 639 6
tel
hins
Glottocode
telu1262
hind1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-qf
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic