1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
North Korea, South Korea
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil
Chinese and Japanese 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
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
హలో (Halō)
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.2 Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
3.3 How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
3.4 Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
3.5 Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.6 Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
3.7 Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
3.8 Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
하십시오 (hasibsio)
3.9 Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
3.12 Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
South Korea
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
170,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
South Korea
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
26,000.0010,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
China, North Korea
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
30,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
2 How Many People Speak
2.1 How Many People Speak?
80.00 million77.00 million
0.13
1200
2.8 Speaking Population
2.11 Native Speakers
75.00 million77.00 million
0.13
873
2.11.1 Second Language Speakers
2.11.2 Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
한국어 (조선말)
2.11.3 Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
2.11.4 French Name
2.11.5 German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Koreanisch
2.12 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
2.13 Ethnicity
3 History
3.1 Origin
c. 575
Before 1st century
3.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Koreanic Family
3.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
3.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
3.3 Language Forms
3.3.1 Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
3.3.2 Standard Forms
Telugu
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
3.3.3 Language Position
3.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Korean Sign Language
3.4 Scope
4 Code
4.1 ISO 639 1
4.2 ISO 639 2
4.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
4.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
4.3 ISO 639 3
4.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
4.5 Glottocode
4.6 Linguasphere
4.7 Types of Language
4.7.1 Language Type
4.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
4.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative