1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
India, Karnataka, India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Karnataka, India
1.4 Second Language
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
1.7 Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
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
Kannada Script
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)
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
3.3 How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
3.4 Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
3.6 Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
3.7 Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
3.8 Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
3.9 Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
3.12 Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
170,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
kerala
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
26,000.006,440.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
30,000.00220,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
80.00 million49.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
75.00 million38.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Old Kannada, Kannada
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
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
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available