Countries
India
  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
National Language
India
  
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Karnataka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Regulated By
NA
  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Interesting Facts
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
- 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
Bengali Language
  
Tamil
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Telugu Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
హలో (Halō)
  
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
  
బై (Bai)
  
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
  
Waddar
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kharwa
  
Chenchu
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Manna-Dora
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
80.00 million
  
20
Native Speakers
50.00 million
  
22
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
French Name
goudjrati
  
télougou
  
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Telugu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
  
Telugu people
  
Origin
15
  
c. 575
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
  
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
  
Telugu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
gu
  
te
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
guj
  
tel
  
ISO 639 2/B
guj
  
tel
  
ISO 639 3
guj
  
tel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
guja1252
  
telu1262
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available