Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Karnataka
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Tamil
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Italian-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
ciao
  
హలో (Halō)
  
Thank You
grazie
  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Please
Per Favore
  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Sorry
scusate
  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
బై (Bai)
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Waddar
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Chenchu
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Manna-Dora
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
80.00 million
  
20
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Italiano
  
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
French Name
italien
  
télougou
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Telugu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Telugu people
  
Origin
960 BC
  
c. 575
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Telugu
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
te
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
tel
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
tel
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
tel
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
telu1262
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
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