1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Fiji, India
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India
Andra Pradesh, India
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Karnataka
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
1.7 Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
1.8 Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
హలో (Halō)
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
3.3 How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
3.4 Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
3.6 Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
3.7 Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
3.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
3.9 Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
3.10 Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
బై (Bai)
3.11 I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
3.12 Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0026,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0030,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
380.00 million80.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
260.00 million75.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
120.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Telugu people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available