Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
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.
  
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Tamil
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
hola
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
triste
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
adiós
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
489.00 million
  
3
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
télougou
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 575
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic