Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Turkey
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Turkish Language Association
  
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.
  
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
Azerbaijani Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
Merhaba
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
teşekkür ederim
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Nasılsın?
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
İyi Geceler
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
İyi Akşamlar
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Tünaydın
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
günaydın
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
lütfen
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
üzgünüm
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
Hoşçakal
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Seni seviyorum
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Afedersiniz
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Azerbaijani Turkish
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Crimean Turkish
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Gagauz
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
75.00 million
  
23
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Türkçe
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Anatolian, Türkisch
  
French Name
télougou
  
turc
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Türkisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Turkish
  
Origin
c. 575
  
c. 1350
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Turkish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
tr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
tur
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
tur
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
tur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
nucl1301
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
44-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic