1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
1.4 Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Not Available
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
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
Telugu Script
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
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)
Adi Johar
3.3 How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Cet’leka menama?
3.4 Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Boge Ninda
3.5 Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Boge Ayup’
3.6 Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Boge Setak’
3.8 Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Not Available
3.9 Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Not Available
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Not Available
3.12 Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Not Available
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
India
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
170,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Not Available
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
30,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
80.00 million6.30 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
75.00 million6.30 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Telugu people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austroasiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
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
No data available
No data available
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
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