Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
  
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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
Kepanggih malih benjang
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Pekalongan
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Cirebon
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Arekan
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
82.00 million
  
19
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
basa Jawa
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Djawa, Jawa
  
French Name
télougou
  
javanais
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Javanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
  
Origin
c. 575
  
450 AD
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Javanese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
jv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
jav
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
jav
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
jav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
java1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative