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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Govenment of Goa
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.
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
Similar To
Tamil
Marathi
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6052
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1916
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4136
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
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Namaskar
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Dev Borem Korum
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
kaso assa?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Rati Boren Zavonn
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Dis Borem Zavonn
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Chike
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Maf kor
Bye
బై (Bai)
Adeus
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
hav tujo mog korta.
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
upkar korxi
Dialect 1
Waddar
Antruz
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Goa
How Many People Speak
170,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Not present
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
-
How Many People Speak
26,000.002,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Not present
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
-
How Many People Speak
30,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
381
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million7.40 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million7.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Kōṅkaṇī
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
French Name
télougou
konkani
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Konkani
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
kõkɳi
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Konkanis
Origin
c. 575
1209 A.D.
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Kokani
Language Position
1523
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
te
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
kok
ISO 639 2/B
tel
kok
ISO 639 3
tel
kok
ISO 639 6
tel
kok
Glottocode
telu1262
goan1235
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
-
-