Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
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
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
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.
  
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
2.50 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
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
télougou
  
slovène
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
c. 575
  
972-1093
  
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
  
Slovene
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional