Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
Cambodia
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
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
  
Australia, France, United States of America
  
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.
  
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Khmer
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
ND
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
ND
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
ND
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
ND
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
ND
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
ND
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
ND
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
ND
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
ND
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
ND
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Northern Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Khmer Krom
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Western Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Cambodia, Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
16.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Cambodian, Khmer
  
French Name
télougou
  
khmer central
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Kambodschanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Origin
c. 575
  
14
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Proto-Khmer
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Modern Khmer
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
km
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
khm
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
khm
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
khm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
khme1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating