1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
China, Taiwan
1.4 Second Language
Karnataka
Republic of Brazil
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Indonesia, Malaysia
1.7 Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Telugu Script
Chinese Characters and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
3.3 How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
3.4 Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
3.5 Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
3.6 Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
3.7 Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
3.8 Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
请 (Qǐng)
3.9 Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
3.12 Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
劳驾 (Láojià)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
170,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
China, United States of America
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
26,000.0080,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
30,000.0060,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
80.00 million1,051.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
75.00 million873.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.00 million178.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
中文 (zhōngwén)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Chinesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating