Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
India, Nepal
Second Language
Karnataka
Nepal
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
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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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Tamil
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
6047
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
198
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4122
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Devanagari
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)
pranam
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
dhanyabad
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Śubharātri
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Suprabhaat
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
kripaya
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
maf karai
Bye
బై (Bai)
Alavidā
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
kripaya
Dialect 1
Waddar
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Nepal
How Many People Speak
170,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
North India
How Many People Speak
26,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Khortha
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
30,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
3815
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million32.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.41 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million27.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
télougou
maithili
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Maithili
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Maithil
Origin
c. 575
14th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Standard Maithili
Language Position
1540
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
mai
ISO 639 2/B
tel
mai
ISO 639 3
tel
mai
ISO 639 6
tel
mai
Glottocode
telu1262
mait1250
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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