Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
Georgia
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Cabinet of Georgia
  
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.
  
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Anatolian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Kartlian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Kartli
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Pshavian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Pshavi
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
4.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
4.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
ქართული ენა
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
French Name
télougou
  
géorgien
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Georgisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Georgians
  
Origin
c. 575
  
5th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Kartvelian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Modern Georgian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
ka
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
kat
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
geo
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
kat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
nucl1302
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic