1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Fiji, India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
India
1.4 Second Language
Karnataka
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
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
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
హలో (Halō)
नमस्ते (Namastē)
3.2 Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
3.3 How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
3.4 Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
3.5 Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
3.6 Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
3.7 Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
3.8 Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
3.9 Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
खेद (Khēda)
3.10 Bye
బై (Bai)
अलविदा (Alavidā)
3.11 I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
3.12 Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
170,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
26,000.0022,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Bundelkhand
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
30,000.0020,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
80.00 million380.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
75.00 million260.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.00 million120.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Telugu people
Hindustani people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
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
Indian Signing System
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
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-qf
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic