Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
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
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Tamil
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6031
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
195
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4126
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
жал (žal)
Bye
బై (Bai)
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Waddar
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
170,000.001.50
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Debar
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
26,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
30,000.002,100,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
3828
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million2.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
télougou
macédonien
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Macedonians
Origin
c. 575
2200 BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Slavic
Branch
-
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Macedonian
Language Position
1545
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
mk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
mkd
ISO 639 2/B
tel
mac
ISO 639 3
tel
mkd
ISO 639 6
tel
mkd
Glottocode
telu1262
mace1250
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-ha
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic