Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
France
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
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.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
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)
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Bonjour
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
désolé
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Français
  
French Name
télougou
  
français
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 575
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Standard French
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic