1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
1.4 Second Language
Karnataka
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
1.7 Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
3.3 Phonology
3.3.1 How Many Vowels
3.4.2 How Many Consonants
3.5 Scripts
Telugu Script
3.6 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
3.7 Hard to Learn
3.7.1 Language Levels
3.10.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall) ▶
3
88
6 Greetings
6.1 Hello
హలో (Halō)
6.2 Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
6.3 How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
6.4 Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
6.5 Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
6.6 Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
6.7 Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
6.8 Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
6.9 Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
6.10 Bye
బై (Bai)
6.11 I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
6.12 Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
7 Dialects
7.1 Dialect 1
Waddar
7.1.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
7.1.2 How Many People Speak
170,000.00
Rank: 39 (Overall) ▶
1.5
960000000
7.3 Dialect 2
Chenchu
7.3.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
7.3.2 How Many People Speak
26,000.00
Rank: 41 (Overall) ▶
700
80000000
7.5 Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
7.5.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
7.5.2 How Many People Speak
30,000.00
Rank: 32 (Overall) ▶
1400
96000000
7.7 Total No. Of Dialects
9 How Many People Speak
9.1 How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
Rank: 20 (Overall) ▶
0.13
1200
9.3 Speaking Population
1.15 %
Rank: 15 (Overall) ▶
0.11
89
9.5 Native Speakers
75.00 million
Rank: 14 (Overall) ▶
0.13
873
9.5.2 Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
Rank: 29 (Overall) ▶
0.01
400
10.3.4 Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
10.3.5 Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
10.3.6 French Name
télougou
10.3.7 German Name
Telugu-Sprache
10.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
10.5 Ethnicity
Telugu people
11 History
11.1 Origin
c. 575
11.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
11.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
11.2.2 Branch
Not Available
11.3 Language Forms
11.3.1 Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
11.3.2 Standard Forms
Telugu
11.3.3 Language Position
12.7.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
12.8 Scope
Individual
13 Code
13.1 ISO 639 1
te
13.2 ISO 639 2
13.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
tel
13.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
tel
13.3 ISO 639 3
tel
13.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
13.5 Glottocode
telu1262
13.6 Linguasphere
No data available
13.7 Types of Language
13.7.1 Language Type
Living
13.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
13.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available