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Overview:
There are 8 differences and 9 similarities between Tamil, Telugu
| Language Family and Writing System |
| Writing System |
| Tamil |
Telugu |
| Script(s) Used |
| (tamil ) |
(telugu) |
| Family |
| Dravidian |
Dravidian |
| Subgroup |
| Southern |
South-central |
| 3 Letter Code |
| Tam |
Tel |
|
| Number of Speakers |
|
Number of Native speakers (millions) |
| 63.1 million |
66.4 million |
|
Native Speakers as % of World |
| 1.4 % |
1.4 % |
|
Total Number of Speakers (millions) |
| 68 million |
74 million |
|
Total Speakers as % of World |
| 0.9 % |
1 % |
| Language Systems |
| Noun declensions |
| Many Cases |
Six Cases |
| Sequence |
| Sov |
Sov |
| Tonal |
| No |
No |
| Agglutinative language |
| Yes |
Yes |
| Geographic Distribution |
| Official language in |
 India
Singapore Sri Lanka |
India  Singapore
Sri Lanka |
| Official Language of United Nations |
| No |
No |
| Countries Spoken In |
| Sri Lanka, Singapore, India, Malaysia, Mauritius, South Africa |
India, Singapore |
|
No. of Countries Spoken In |
| 6 |
2 |