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Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
33  
2

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Karnataka  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu  
South Africa  

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Tamil  
Not Available  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
60  
35
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19  
16
5  
2

How Many Consonants
41  
30
21  
11

Scripts
Telugu Script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)  
Hello  

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  
Thank you  

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  
How are you?  

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  
Good Night  

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  
Good Morning  

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  
Please  

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  
Sorry  

Bye
బై (Bai)  
Bye  

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)  
I love you  

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar  
American English  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
39
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Chenchu  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
26,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
32
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
38  
28
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million  
20
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
1.15 %  
15
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)  
English  

Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan  
Not Available  

French Name
télougou  
anglais  

German Name
Telugu-Sprache  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Telugu people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 575  
5th Century 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 English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Telugu  
Standard English  

Language Position
15  
14
3  
3

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
te  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
tel  
eng  

ISO 639 3
tel  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
telu1262  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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All Telugu and English Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Telugu and English dialects. Various dialects of Telugu and English language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Telugu are spoken in different Telugu Speaking Countries whereas English Dialects are spoken in different English speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Telugu vs English Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Telugu dialects include: Waddar, Chenchu. English dialects include: American English , Hiberno-English. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Telugu and English Speaking population

Telugu and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Telugu and English languages can be compared. The total count of Telugu and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Telugu language is 1.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Telugu and English on Telugu vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Telugu and English Language Codes

Telugu and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Telugu and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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