Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
India
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.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
Similar To
Tamil
Kannada Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Telugu Script
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
హలో (Halō)
Namaskara
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
yedde rathre
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
yedde kaande
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Daya maltadu
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Yenna thapu aandu
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Waddar
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Tamil Nadu
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Tamil Nadu
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
Girijan
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
Tulu
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Tulu
Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]
[ˈtulu]
Ethnicity
Telugu people
Tuluva
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
Standard Forms
Telugu
Tulu
Signed Forms
Signed Telugu
Signed Tulu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
te
No data available
Glottocode
telu1262
tulu1258
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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Telugu and Tulu Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Telugu and Tulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Tulu language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Tulu word for "Thank You" is Mast Upakara.. Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Tulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Telugu vs Tulu Difficulty
The Telugu vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Tulu Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Telugu and Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.