1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Indonesia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Indonesia
1.4 Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
1.7 Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Not Available
1.8 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.
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Telugu Script
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
matur nuwun
3.3 How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
piye kabare?
3.4 Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
wengi sing apik
3.5 Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Sugeng sọnten
3.6 Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Sugeng siang
3.7 Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Sugeng énjing
3.8 Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Not Available
3.9 Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Nyuwun pangapunten
3.10 Bye
బై (Bai)
Kepanggih malih benjang
3.11 I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Kula tresna panjengan
3.12 Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Nuwun séwu
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Indonesia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
170,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Indonesia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Indonesia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
30,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
80.00 million82.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
75.00 million76.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
basa Jawa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Djawa, Jawa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Telugu people
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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