Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
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.
  
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
7.80 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
télougou
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 575
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available