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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Tamil
Old German Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6052
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1916
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4136
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Devanagari
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 weeks20 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
బై (Bai)
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Waddar
Not present
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
-
How Many People Speak
170,000.00140,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Not present
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
-
How Many People Speak
26,000.00140,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Not present
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
-
How Many People Speak
30,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
380
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million14.10 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million14.10 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
French Name
télougou
sanskrit
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Sanskrit speakers
Origin
c. 575
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Telugu
Sanskrit
Language Position
1523
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
-
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
sa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
san
ISO 639 2/B
tel
san
ISO 639 3
tel
san
ISO 639 6
tel
san
Glottocode
telu1262
sans1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic