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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

4
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

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

60
Rank: 35 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

19
Rank: 16 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

41
Rank: 30 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Telugu Script

2.5 Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

హలో (Halō)

3.2 Thank You

ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)

3.3 How Are You?

నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)

3.4 Good Night

శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)

3.5 Good Evening

శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)

3.6 Good Afternoon

శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)

3.7 Good Morning

శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)

3.8 Please

దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)

3.9 Sorry

క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)

3.10 Bye

బై (Bai)

3.11 I Love You

నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)

3.12 Excuse Me

క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Waddar

4.1.1 Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

170,000.00
Rank: 39 (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Chenchu

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

26,000.00
Rank: 41 (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Manna-Dora

4.3.1 Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

30,000.00
Rank: 32 (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

38
Rank: 28 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

80.00 million
Rank: 20 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

1.15 %
Rank: 15 (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

75.00 million
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

5.00 million
Rank: 29 (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

తెలుగు (telugu)

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan

5.3.4 French Name

télougou

5.3.5 German Name

Telugu-Sprache

5.4 Pronunciation

Not Available

5.5 Ethnicity

Telugu people

6 History

6.1 Origin

c. 575

6.2 Language Family

Dravidian Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Not Available

6.2.2 Branch

Not Available

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

Early Telugu epigraphy

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Telugu

6.3.3 Language Position

15
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Not Available

6.4 Scope

Individual

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

te

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

tel

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

tel

7.3 ISO 639 3

tel

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

telu1262

7.6 Linguasphere

No data available

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Not Available

Origin of Telugu language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Telugu language is one of the Most Spoken Languages. The origin of Telugu language states that it was put to use in c. 575. The history of Telugu language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Telugu Language History.The evolution of Telugu language began with early forms such as Early Telugu epigraphy. Telugu is the standard form of Telugu language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Telugu Language.

Telugu population

Telugu population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Telugu language. Telugu language is spoken by 80.00 million people in the world. Most of the Telugu population lies in the Telugu Speaking Countries. Telugu language is spoken as first language by 75.00 million people and as second language by about 5.00 million people. Get to know Telugu speaking population in detail.

Telugu writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Telugu writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Telugu language. Some languages share common writing systems. Telugu Script script is used by Telugu language. Learn more about . 

Information about Telugu language

Check out all the information about Telugu language here. You may find it interesting to learn Telugu Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Telugu Speaking Countries, Telugu speaking continents and Telugu Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Telugu countries knowing common Telugu Greetings will help you in communicating with Telugu people.