1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Karnataka
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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
Pan South African Language Board
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.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
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
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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)
Ngiyabonga
3.3 How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
unjani
3.4 Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
okuhle ebusuku
3.5 Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
okuhle kusihlwa
3.6 Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
okuhle ntambama
3.7 Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
okuhle ekuseni
3.8 Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Ngiyacela
3.9 Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Ngiyaxolisa
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
3.12 Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Gabon, South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
170,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Chenchu
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Georgia, South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Zimbabwe
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
30,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
80.00 million30.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
75.00 million12.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
Isizulu, Zunda
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Telugu-Sprache
Zulu-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Telugu people
Zulu people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
urban Zulu
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
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
No data available
99-AUT-fg
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
Not Available