Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
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.
  
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Молим (Molim)
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Prizren-Timok
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Southeastern Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
17
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
8.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Montenegrin
  
French Name
télougou
  
serbe
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Serbisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Serbs
  
Origin
c. 575
  
11th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Standard Serbian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
sr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
srp
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
srp
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
srp
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
serb1264
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available