Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
European Union, Lithuania
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Lithuania
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Poland
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Commission of the Lithuanian 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.
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
Similar To
Tamil
Latvian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6032
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1912
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4120
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Sveiki
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Ačiū
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Kaip sekasi?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Labanakt
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Labas vakaras
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Laba diena
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Labas rytas
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Prašom
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
atsiprašau
Bye
బై (Bai)
Ate
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Waddar
Samogitian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
170,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
26,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Curonian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
30,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3810
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million3.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.07 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
télougou
lituanien
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Litauisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Lithuanians
Origin
c. 575
c. 1503
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
Baltic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Lithuanian
Language Position
1544
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
lt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
lit
ISO 639 2/B
tel
lit
ISO 639 3
tel
lit
ISO 639 6
tel
lit
Glottocode
telu1262
lith1251
Linguasphere
No data available
54-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic