Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Meghalaya
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Karnataka
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
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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.
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
Similar To
Tamil
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
6023
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
196
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4114
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Bengali, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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)
Kumno
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Khublei
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Kumno phi long?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
thia sukh
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
babha janmiet
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
babha noph-phai-sngi
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
khublei
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sngewbha
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Map
Bye
బై (Bai)
khublei
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
ieit ieit
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
map a nga
Dialect 1
Waddar
Bhoi
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
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How Many People Speak
170,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Nonglung
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
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How Many People Speak
26,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
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How Many People Speak
30,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
385
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million0.84 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million0.84 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Ka Ktien
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
French Name
télougou
khasi
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ˈkʰɑsi]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Khasi people
Origin
c. 575
1200 AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Khasi
Language Position
1540
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Khasi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
kha
ISO 639 2/B
tel
kha
ISO 639 3
tel
kha
ISO 639 6
tel
kha
Glottocode
telu1262
khas1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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