Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
Czech Republic, European Union
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Czech Republic
  
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, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Institute of the Czech 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 Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Czech-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
ahoj
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
děkuji
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Jak se máš?
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
dobrou noc
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
dobré odpoledne
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
dobré ráno
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
prosím
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
litovat
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
sbohem
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Miluji tě
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
promiňte
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Chod
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Chodsko, Bohemia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Lach
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Moravian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
čeština / český jazyk
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Bohemian, Cestina
  
French Name
télougou
  
tchèque
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Tschechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Czechs
  
Origin
c. 575
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Standard Czech
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Czech Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
cs
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
ces
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
cze
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
ces
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
czec1258
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic