1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
India
1.4 Second Language
Karnataka
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Israel, Mauritius
1.7 Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
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
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
3.3 How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
3.4 Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
3.5 Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
3.6 Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
3.7 Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
3.8 Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
3.9 Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
3.12 Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Waddar
Maharashtrian Konkani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Kokan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
170,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Vidarbha
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
26,000.007,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Khandesh
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
30,000.001,900,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
80.00 million71.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
75.00 million68.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
मराठी (marāṭhī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Telugu people
Marathi people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Maharashtri Prakrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available