Countries
Myanmar
  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Karnataka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as 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
Thai Language
  
Tamil
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Telugu Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
హలో (Halō)
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
బై (Bai)
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Waddar
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Chenchu
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Manna-Dora
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
80.00 million
  
20
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
French Name
birman
  
télougou
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Telugu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Telugu people
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
c. 575
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Telugu
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
te
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
tel
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
tel
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
tel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
telu1262
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available