Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Karnataka
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
- 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
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Tamil
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200
  
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Telugu Script
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
مرحبا
  
హలో (Halō)
  
Thank You
شكرا
  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Good Night
تصبح على خير
  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
مساء الخير
  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Good Morning
صباح الخير
  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Please
من فضلك
  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Sorry
آسف
  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Bye
وداعا
  
బై (Bai)
  
I Love You
أحبك
  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Excuse Me
اعذرني
  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
  
Waddar
  
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Sudanese
  
Chenchu
  
Where They Speak
Sudan
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 3
Levantine
  
Manna-Dora
  
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
3
How Many People Speak?
452.00 million
  
4
80.00 million
  
20
Native Speakers
206.00 million
  
6
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
246.00 million
  
2
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
  
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
French Name
arabe
  
télougou
  
German Name
Arabisch
  
Telugu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Arabs
  
Telugu people
  
Origin
512 CE
  
c. 575
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
North Arabic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Telugu
  
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ar
  
te
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ara
  
tel
  
ISO 639 2/B
ara
  
tel
  
ISO 639 3
ara
  
tel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arab1395
  
telu1262
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available