Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Tamil
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
6037
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
195
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4146
9
60
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Mhoro
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Masikati
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Mangwanani
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Ndineurombo
Bye
బై (Bai)
bye
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Waddar
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
170,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chenchu
Karanga
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
26,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
30,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
384
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
80.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.15 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
télougou
shona
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Shona people
Origin
c. 575
20th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Telugu
Standard Shona
Language Position
15107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tel
sna
ISO 639 2/B
tel
sna
ISO 639 3
tel
sna
ISO 639 6
tel
sna
Glottocode
telu1262
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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