Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
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
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
zoo hmo
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
zoo tav su
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
thov
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Kuv hlub koj
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
zam txim rau kuv
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Hmong Njua
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Laos
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Hmong Daw
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Hmong Do
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
4.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
3.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Hmong
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Mong
  
French Name
télougou
  
hmong
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Miao-Sprachen
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Hmong people
  
Origin
c. 575
  
19
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Hmong
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
hmv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
firs1234
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
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