Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Labrīt
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Lettish
  
French Name
télougou
  
letton
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
c. 575
  
1530
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Telugu and Latvian Speaking population
Telugu and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Telugu and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Telugu and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Telugu language is 1.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Telugu and Latvian on Telugu vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Telugu and Latvian Language Codes
Telugu and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Telugu and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.