Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
45
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
North Korea, South Korea
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Tamil
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6040
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1921
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4119
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
బై (Bai)
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Waddar
Jeju
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
South Korea
How Many People Speak
170,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
South Korea
How Many People Speak
26,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
30,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3812
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.15 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
75.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
télougou
coréen
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Koreans
Origin
c. 575
Before 1st century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Telugu
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
1512
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
kor
ISO 639 2/B
tel
kor
ISO 639 3
tel
Kor
ISO 639 6
tel
kor
Glottocode
telu1262
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative