Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
National Language
France
  
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Karnataka
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
- 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
Italian Language
  
Tamil
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Telugu Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
హలో (Halō)
  
Thank You
Merci
  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Sorry
désolé
  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Bye
au revoir
  
బై (Bai)
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Waddar
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
African French
  
Chenchu
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Manna-Dora
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
80.00 million
  
20
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
français
  
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
French Name
français
  
télougou
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Telugu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Telugu people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
c. 575
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Telugu
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
te
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
tel
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
tel
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
tel
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
telu1262
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
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