Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
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
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
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.
  
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Israel, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
télougou
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Malayali
  
Origin
c. 575
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Malayalam
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
mala1464
  
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
  
Synthetic