Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
China, Taiwan
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
  
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chinese.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
请 (Qǐng)
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Mandarin
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Wu
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
China, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Yue
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
1,051.00 million
  
2
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
873.00 million
  
1
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
178.00 million
  
3
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Not Available
  
French Name
télougou
  
chinois
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Chinesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Han
  
Origin
c. 575
  
1250 BC
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Standard Chinese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
zh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
zho
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
chi
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
zho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
sini1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
79-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating