Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Moldova, Romania
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
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.
  
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Romanian.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
alo
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
multumesc
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
ce mai faci?
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
noapte Buna
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
buna Seara
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
buna Ziua
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
bună Dimineața
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Vă Rog
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
scuze
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
La revedere
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Te iubesc
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Scuza-Ma
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
4.00 million
  
30
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Română
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
French Name
télougou
  
roumain; moldave
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Rumänisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Romanians
  
Origin
c. 575
  
1521
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Proto-Romanian
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Romanian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
ro
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
ron
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
rum
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
ron
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
roma1327
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAD-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic