1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Nigeria
Andra Pradesh, India
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Karnataka
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
1.7 Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
1.8 Interesting Facts
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
- 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Tamil
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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
Not Available
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
3.2 Thank You
e dupe
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
3.3 How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
3.4 Good Night
Kasun layọ o
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
ka a ale
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
3.6 Good Afternoon
e kaasan
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
3.7 Good Morning
e kaaro
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
binu
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
3.12 Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
500,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
800,000.0026,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.0030,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million80.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
28.00 million75.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Telugu-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Telugu people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
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
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available