Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Nepal
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
People's Republic of China
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Language Academy of Nepal
  
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.
  
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Hindi
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Good afternoon
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
कृपया
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Doteli
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Nepal
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Bajhangi
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
India, Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Baitadeli
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
French Name
télougou
  
népalais
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Nepali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Origin
c. 575
  
19 BC
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Nepali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Nepali
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
ne
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
nep
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
nep
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
npi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
nepa1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative