1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Tamil
1.10 Derived From
Arabic 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
Not Available
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
3.2 Thank You
Asante
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
3.3 How Are You?
Habari gani?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
3.4 Good Night
Usiku mwema
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
3.8 Please
tafadhali
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
3.9 Sorry
pole
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
3.12 Excuse Me
Samahani
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA170,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Kilwa
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA30,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
150.00 million80.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million75.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
తెలుగు (telugu)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Telugu people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
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
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
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
Not Available
Not Available