Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
National Language
Germany
  
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Karnataka
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
- 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Tamil
  
Derived From
Albanian Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
German-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
hallo
  
హలో (Halō)
  
Thank You
Danke
  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Good Night
gute Nacht
  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
guten Abend
  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Good Morning
guten Morgen
  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Please
bitte
  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Sorry
Verzeihung
  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Bye
Tschüs
  
బై (Bai)
  
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Dialect 1
Swiss German
  
Waddar
  
Where They Speak
Switzerland
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Swabian German
  
Chenchu
  
Where They Speak
Germany
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Dialect 3
Texas German
  
Manna-Dora
  
Where They Speak
Texas
  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak?
229.00 million
  
8
80.00 million
  
20
Native Speakers
101.00 million
  
10
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
128.00 million
  
5
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Deutsch
  
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
French Name
allemand
  
télougou
  
German Name
Deutsch
  
Telugu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Germans
  
Telugu people
  
Origin
6th Century AD
  
c. 575
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Telugu
  
Signed Forms
Signed German
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
de
  
te
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
deu
  
tel
  
ISO 639 2/B
ger
  
tel
  
ISO 639 3
deu
  
tel
  
ISO 639 6
deus
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
  
telu1262
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available