Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
European Union, Finland
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Estonia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland
  
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.
  
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Estonian and Livonian Languages
  
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)
  
Moi
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
Kiitos
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Mitä kuuluu?
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
hyvää yötä
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Hyvää iltaa
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Hyvää iltapäivää
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Hyvää huomenta
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
haluta
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Anteeksi
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
Heippa
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Minä rakastan sinua
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Anteeksi
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Colloquial Finnish
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Finland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Rauma
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Finland, Rauma
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Meänkieli
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Finland, Sweden
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
5.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
5.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
0.01 million
  
39
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
suomi / suomen kieli
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Suomi
  
French Name
télougou
  
finnois
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Finnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈsuomi]
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
ethnic Finns
  
Origin
c. 575
  
1543
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Proto-Finnic language
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
standard Finnish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Finnish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
fi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
fin
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
fin
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
fin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
finn1318
  
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, Synthetic