Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
Estonia, European Union
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Estonia, Gambia
  
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
  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Institute of the Estonian 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.
  
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Finnish
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
Tere
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
aitäh
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
kuidas sul läheb
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Head ööd
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Tere õhtust
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Tere päevast
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Tere hommikust
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Palun
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Vabandust
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
Head aega
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
ma armastan sind
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Vabandage
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Keskmurre
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Tartu
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Georgia, South Estonia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Idamurre
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
0.95 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
eesti keel
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Eesti keel
  
French Name
télougou
  
estonien
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Estnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Estonians
  
Origin
c. 575
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Estonian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Estonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
et
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
est
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
est
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
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ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
esto1258
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative