Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Austria
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
  
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.
  
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Serbain and Bosnian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Church Slavonic
  
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
bok
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
hvala
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
kako si
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
laku noć
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
dobra večer
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
dobar dan
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
dobro jutro
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
molim
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
Doviđenja
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Ispričavam se
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Croatia
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
  
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
  
5
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
89.00 million
  
18
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
5.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
1.25 million
  
36
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
hrvatski
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Hrvatski
  
French Name
télougou
  
croate
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Kroatisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Croats
  
Origin
c. 575
  
9th century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Croatian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
hr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
croa1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
part of 53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic