Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
National Language
China, Taiwan
  
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Karnataka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Tamil
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Telugu Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
హలో (Halō)
  
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Please
请 (Qǐng)
  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
బై (Bai)
  
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Dialect 1
Mandarin
  
Waddar
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 2
Wu
  
Chenchu
  
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 3
Yue
  
Manna-Dora
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
80.00 million
  
20
Native Speakers
873.00 million
  
1
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million
  
3
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
French Name
chinois
  
télougou
  
German Name
Chinesisch
  
Telugu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Han
  
Telugu people
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
c. 575
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
  
Telugu
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zh
  
te
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zho
  
tel
  
ISO 639 2/B
chi
  
tel
  
ISO 639 3
zho
  
tel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sini1245
  
telu1262
  
Linguasphere
79-AAA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available