Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Karnataka
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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 vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- 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
Farsi Language
  
Tamil
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Telugu Script
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
హలో (Halō)
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
బై (Bai)
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Waddar
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Chenchu
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Manna-Dora
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
80.00 million
  
20
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
French Name
kurde
  
télougou
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Telugu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Telugu people
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
c. 575
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Telugu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
te
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
tel
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
tel
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
tel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
telu1262
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
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