Countries
India
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
India
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
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Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
Similar To
Kannada Language
Tamil
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5160
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1619
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3541
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Telugu Script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Namaskara
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
yedde rathre
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
yedde kaande
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
Daya maltadu
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
Barpe
బై (Bai)
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Waddar
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Jain
Chenchu
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Girijan
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
2.0030,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
438
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1.70 million80.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %1.15 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
1.70 million75.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Tulu
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
-
télougou
German Name
Tulu
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Tuluva
Telugu people
Origin
14
c. 575
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Tulu
Telugu
Language Position
2315
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tulu
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tcy
tel
ISO 639 2/B
tul
tel
ISO 639 3
tcy
tel
ISO 639 6
tcy
tel
Glottocode
tulu1258
telu1262
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-