Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
Sri Lanka
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Sri Lanka
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
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
  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
  
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 Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Maldivian Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Sinhala alphabet
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
හලෝ (halō)
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
බායි (bāyi)
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Vedda
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Sri Lanka
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
16.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
16.00 million
  
39
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
2.00 million
  
34
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
French Name
télougou
  
singhalais
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Singhalesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Sinhalese people
  
Origin
c. 575
  
3
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Sinhalese Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Modern Sinhalese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
si
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
sin
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
sin
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
sin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
sinh1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional