Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Indonesia
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
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
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.
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Similar To
Tamil
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
6027
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
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
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 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Halo
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
matur nuwun
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
piye kabare?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Sugeng énjing
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
matur nuwun
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
బై (Bai)
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Waddar
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
170,000.0082,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Cirebon
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
26,000.0082,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Arekan
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
30,000.0082,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3816
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million82.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %1.25 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million76.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million82.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
télougou
javanais
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Javanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Origin
c. 575
450 AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Indonesian
Branch
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Javanese
Language Position
1511
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Javanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
jv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
jav
ISO 639 2/B
tel
jav
ISO 639 3
tel
jav
ISO 639 6
tel
jav
Glottocode
telu1262
java1253
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative