Countries
Georgia
  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Karnataka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Interesting Facts
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
- 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
Anatolian Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Telugu Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
హలో (Halō)
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
బై (Bai)
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Waddar
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Chenchu
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Manna-Dora
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
80.00 million
  
20
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
French Name
géorgien
  
télougou
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Telugu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Telugu people
  
Origin
5th Century
  
c. 575
  
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Telugu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
te
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
tel
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
tel
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
tel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
telu1262
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available