Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
National Language
Austria
  
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Karnataka
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Interesting Facts
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
- 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
Serbain and Bosnian
  
Tamil
  
Derived From
Church Slavonic
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Telugu Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bok
  
హలో (Halō)
  
Thank You
hvala
  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
How Are You?
kako si
  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Good Night
laku noć
  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
dobra večer
  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Good Afternoon
dobar dan
  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Good Morning
dobro jutro
  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Please
molim
  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Bye
Doviđenja
  
బై (Bai)
  
I Love You
Volim te
  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Dialect 1
Chakavian
  
Waddar
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Dialect 2
Chakavian
  
Chenchu
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
  
Manna-Dora
  
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
  
5
How Many People Speak?
89.00 million
  
18
80.00 million
  
20
Native Speakers
5.60 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
1.25 million
  
36
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
hrvatski
  
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
French Name
croate
  
télougou
  
German Name
Kroatisch
  
Telugu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Croats
  
Telugu people
  
Origin
9th century
  
c. 575
  
Language Family
Indo-European 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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
  
Telugu
  
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hr
  
te
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hrv
  
tel
  
ISO 639 2/B
hrv
  
tel
  
ISO 639 3
hrv
  
tel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
croa1245
  
telu1262
  
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available