Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
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.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
5.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
télougou
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
c. 575
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Slovak
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic