Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Karnataka
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
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.
  
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Tamil
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Telugu Script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
హలో (Halō)
  
Thank You
Asante
  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Please
tafadhali
  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Sorry
pole
  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Bye
bye
  
బై (Bai)
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Waddar
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Chenchu
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Manna-Dora
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
80.00 million
  
20
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Not Available
  
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
French Name
swahili
  
télougou
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Telugu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Telugu people
  
Origin
6th century
  
c. 575
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Telugu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
te
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
tel
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
tel
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
tel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
telu1262
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available