Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
Mhoro
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
Waita zvako
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Wakadini zvako?
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Urare zvakanaka
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Manheru
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Masikati
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Mangwanani
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Ndineurombo
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
bye
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Ndinokuda
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Pamusoro
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Hwesa
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
8.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
French Name
télougou
  
shona
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Schona-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 575
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUT-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Telugu and Shona Speaking population
Telugu and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Telugu and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Telugu and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Telugu language is 1.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Telugu and Shona on Telugu vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Telugu and Shona Language Codes
Telugu and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Telugu and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.