Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
India
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
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Tamil
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6042
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1911
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4131
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
బై (Bai)
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Waddar
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
India
How Many People Speak
170,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
India
How Many People Speak
26,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Kosli
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
India
How Many People Speak
30,000.00520,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
388
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million33.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million33.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
télougou
oriya
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Odias
Origin
c. 575
3 BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Standard Odia
Language Position
1532
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
te
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
ori
ISO 639 2/B
tel
ori
ISO 639 3
tel
ori
ISO 639 6
tel
ori
Glottocode
telu1262
macr1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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