Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
مرحبا
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
شكرا
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
كيف حالك؟
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
تصبح على خير
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
صباح الخير
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
من فضلك
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
آسف
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
وداعا
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
أحبك
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
اعذرني
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Maghrebi
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Sudanese
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Sudan
  
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Levantine
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Cyprus, Levant
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
3
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
452.00 million
  
4
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
206.00 million
  
6
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
246.00 million
  
2
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
(al arabiya) العربية
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
French Name
télougou
  
arabe
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Arabisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Arabs
  
Origin
c. 575
  
512 CE
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Arabic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Arabic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
ar
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
ara
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
ara
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
ara
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
arab1395
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAC
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic