Countries
India, Nepal
  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
National Language
Nepal
  
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Karnataka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
- 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
Hindi
  
Tamil
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Telugu Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
హలో (Halō)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Please
कृपया
  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
బై (Bai)
  
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Waddar
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
  
Chenchu
  
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
  
Manna-Dora
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
80.00 million
  
20
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
French Name
népalais
  
télougou
  
German Name
Nepali
  
Telugu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Telugu people
  
Origin
19 BC
  
c. 575
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Standard Forms
Nepali
  
Telugu
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ne
  
te
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nep
  
tel
  
ISO 639 2/B
nep
  
tel
  
ISO 639 3
npi
  
tel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nepa1254
  
telu1262
  
Linguasphere
12
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available