Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Karnataka
Goa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Tamil
Telugu
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6049
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1914
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4135
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
బై (Bai)
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Waddar
Badaga
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
170,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Urali
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
kerala
How Many People Speak
26,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
30,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
3820
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
télougou
kannada
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Kannada
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Kannadiga
Origin
c. 575
c. 450
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Telugu
Modern Kannada
Language Position
1531
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
kan
ISO 639 2/B
tel
kan
ISO 639 3
tel
kan
ISO 639 6
tel
kan
Glottocode
telu1262
nucl1305
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-