Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Germany
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Council for German Orthography
  
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.
  
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Albanian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
hallo
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
Danke
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Wie geht es dir?
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
gute Nacht
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
guten Abend
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
guten Tag
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
guten Morgen
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
bitte
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Verzeihung
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
Tschüs
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Ich liebe dich
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Entschuldigung
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Swiss German
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Swabian German
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Germany
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
229.00 million
  
8
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
101.00 million
  
10
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
128.00 million
  
5
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Deutsch
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
French Name
télougou
  
allemand
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Deutsch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Germans
  
Origin
c. 575
  
6th Century AD
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
de
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
deu
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
ger
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
deu
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
deus
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
high1287, uppe1397
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic