Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
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.
  
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
Mange tak
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
God nat
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
God aften
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
God eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
God morgen
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Please
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Undskyld!
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
Farvel
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Jeg elsker dig
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Undskyld mig
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Sweden
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Denmark
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Island of Bornholm
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
5.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
dansk
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
French Name
télougou
  
danois
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Dänisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Danish people or Danes
  
Origin
c. 575
  
c. 1100 AD
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Rigsdansk
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
da
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
dan
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
dan
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
dan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
dani1284
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional