Countries
European Union, Finland
  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
  
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Second Language
Estonia
  
Karnataka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
- 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages
  
Tamil
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Finnish-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
Moi
  
హలో (Halō)
  
Thank You
Kiitos
  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Good Night
hyvää yötä
  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Please
haluta
  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Sorry
Anteeksi
  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Bye
Heippa
  
బై (Bai)
  
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
  
Waddar
  
Where They Speak
Finland
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Rauma
  
Chenchu
  
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
  
Manna-Dora
  
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak?
5.40 million
  
99+
80.00 million
  
20
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.40 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
0.01 million
  
39
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
  
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Alternative Names
Suomi
  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
French Name
finnois
  
télougou
  
German Name
Finnisch
  
Telugu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
  
Telugu people
  
Origin
1543
  
c. 575
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Finnic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
  
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
  
Telugu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fi
  
te
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fin
  
tel
  
ISO 639 2/B
fin
  
tel
  
ISO 639 3
fin
  
tel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
finn1318
  
telu1262
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available