Countries
Indonesia
  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Karnataka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
- 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
  
Tamil
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
  
Telugu Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
హలో (Halō)
  
Thank You
matur nuwun
  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
How Are You?
piye kabare?
  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Good Night
wengi sing apik
  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Please
Not Available
  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
  
బై (Bai)
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
  
Waddar
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Cirebon
  
Chenchu
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arekan
  
Manna-Dora
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
82.00 million
  
19
80.00 million
  
20
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
basa Jawa
  
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
French Name
javanais
  
télougou
  
German Name
Javanisch
  
Telugu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
  
Telugu people
  
Origin
450 AD
  
c. 575
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Standard Forms
Javanese
  
Telugu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
jv
  
te
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jav
  
tel
  
ISO 639 2/B
jav
  
tel
  
ISO 639 3
jav
  
tel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
java1253
  
telu1262
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available