Countries
South Africa
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Interesting Facts
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
- 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
Xhosa Language
Tamil
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5760
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
719
0
32
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How Many Consonants
5041
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Telugu Script
Writing Direction
-
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
Sawubona
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
unjani
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
Ngiyacela
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
bye
బై (Bai)
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Waddar
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Chenchu
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ndebele
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
438
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million80.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.16 %1.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiZulu
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
zoulou
télougou
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Telugu people
Origin
19
c. 575
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Beatu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Telugu
Language Position
8715
1
120
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Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zu
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zul
tel
ISO 639 2/B
zul
tel
ISO 639 3
zul
tel
ISO 639 6
zul
tel
Glottocode
zulu1248
telu1262
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-