1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
4.4 National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
India
4.5 Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
4.6 Speaking Continents
4.7 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Not spoken in any of the countries
4.8 Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Not Available
4.9 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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
4.10 Similar To
Tamil
Bengali and Assamese
4.11 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
5 Alphabets
5.1 Alphabets in
5.2 Alphabets
10.2 Phonology
10.2.1 How Many Vowels
11.1.1 How Many Consonants
13.3 Scripts
Telugu Script
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
13.4 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
13.5 Hard to Learn
13.5.1 Language Levels
13.8.3 Time Taken to Learn
14 Greetings
14.1 Hello
హలో (Halō)
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
14.2 Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
14.3 How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
14.4 Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
14.5 Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
14.6 Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
14.7 Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
14.8 Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Not Available
14.9 Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
14.10 Bye
బై (Bai)
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
14.11 I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
14.12 Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
15 Dialects
15.1 Dialect 1
15.1.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
India
15.1.2 How Many People Speak
170,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
15.3 Dialect 2
15.3.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
India
15.3.2 How Many People Speak
3.4 Dialect 3
3.4.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
India
4.1.1 How Many People Speak
30,000.00520,000.00
1400
96000000
5.5 Total No. Of Dialects
2 How Many People Speak
2.1 How Many People Speak?
80.00 million33.00 million
0.13
1200
4.4 Speaking Population
6.2 Native Speakers
75.00 million33.00 million
0.13
873
4.7.4 Second Language Speakers
5.2.1 Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
5.2.2 Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
5.2.3 French Name
5.2.4 German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Oriya-Sprache
5.3 Pronunciation
5.4 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.8.2 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System
6.9 Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available