Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Russia
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Afganistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  
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.
  
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
  
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
спасибо(spasibo)
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Извините(Izvinite)
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
до свидания(do svidaniya)
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
извините(izvinite)
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Doukhobor Russian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Olonets
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Olonets
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Novgorod
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Novgorod
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
276.00 million
  
6
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
166.00 million
  
8
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
110.00 million
  
7
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Русский
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Russki
  
French Name
télougou
  
russe
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Russisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Russians
  
Origin
c. 575
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Old East Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Standard Russian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Russian
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
ru
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
rus
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
rus
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
rus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
russ1263
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-ea
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic