Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
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)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Kangean
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Bawean
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Bangkalan
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Madurese
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
French Name
télougou
  
madourais
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Maduresisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Madurese
  
Origin
c. 575
  
Not Available
  
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
  
Madurese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
mad
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
mad
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
mad
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
madu1247
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Telugu and Madurese Speaking population
Telugu and Madurese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Telugu and Madurese languages can be compared. The total count of Telugu and Madurese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Telugu language is 1.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 %. 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 Madurese on Telugu vs Madurese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Telugu and Madurese Language Codes
Telugu and Madurese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Telugu and Madurese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.