--- product_id: 70173970 title: "Telugu-English/English-Telugu Dictionary & Phrasebook" price: "731119₫" currency: VND in_stock: true reviews_count: 11 url: https://www.desertcart.vn/products/70173970-telugu-english-english-telugu-dictionary-and-phrasebook store_origin: VN region: Vietnam --- # Telugu-English/English-Telugu Dictionary & Phrasebook **Price:** 731119₫ **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Telugu-English/English-Telugu Dictionary & Phrasebook - **How much does it cost?** 731119₫ with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vn](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/70173970-telugu-english-english-telugu-dictionary-and-phrasebook) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The comprehensive, essential and portable Telugu resource! Telugu (from the Dravidian language family) is a native language of over 80 million people, predominantly in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and also in Yanam of India. An additional 20 million Telugu speakers are spread over other parts of South India, the U.S., Australia, and the rest of the world. Telugu is called “The Italian of the East” as its words end in vowels similar to Italian. Telugu is spoken in 3 distinct dialects: Royalaseema, Telangana and Coastal Telugu. Another prominent Telugu dialect (with a mixture of more Tamil) is spoken in Nellore, Chittor and the border of Andhra Pradesh in Tamil Nadu. This unique, two-part resource provides travelers to South India with the tools they need for daily interaction. The bilingual dictionary has a concise vocabulary for everyday use, and the phrasebook allows instant communication on a variety of topics. Ideal for businesspeople, travelers, and students, this guide includes: 4,000 dictionary entries Phonetics that are intuitive for English speakers Essential phrases on topics such as transportation, dining out, and business Concise grammar and pronunciation sections Review: A must buy: the most useful, concise, comprehensive, and clear Telugu guide - This book is one of a kind. As someone who is fluent in speaking Telugu, but just learning how to read and write it, I found this book exceptionally helpful. It not only refreshed a lot of my knowledge, but it also taught me details that help me better understand how to speak, read, and write Telugu. Dr. Collooru starts off with an Introduction to the language and grammar, and then guides the reader through the Telugu alphabet, with English words and pronunciations as reference. Throughout the book, she emphasizes easy and digestible ways of pronouncing Telugu words. She included sections on the basics of grammar, basic phrases, and a diverse array of practical applications for the language, from communicating at a pharmacy to ordering at a restaurant. I appreciated the thoughtful and handy sections throughout the book, like "You Might See at an ATM" (with both English and Telugu script of the most common words), as well as her detailed, comprehensive, and concise dictionaries—she included both a Telugu-English dictionary and an English-Telugu dictionary. In my opinion, this book is perfect for all Telugu learners, whether just starting to gain familiarity with the language or completely fluent. Review: It is a relatively good dictionary and phrasebook. - I mostly like this book. The phrasebook part is quite large and quite good. The dictionary part is quite good, of course it is not like a large dictionary of Telugu would be, but it is OK. The English-Telugu part of the dictionary is OK. It has both the spelling in the Telugu alphabet and also each word is also in the Roman alphabet, which is great for those who have not learned the Telugu alphabet. The Telugu-English part is similar, the only complaint can be that the Telugu words are written alphabetically according to the Telugu alphabet, so if you do not know the alphabetical order of Telugu, then you will have trouble finding a Telugu word when you hear it. But the alphabetical order of Telugu is easy to learn. I know it well, even though I have not learned to read in the Telugu alphabet. You can see the order of the alphabet close to the beginning of the book. The order is similar like in most other alphabets of India, for example in Hindi, which is the most important of the indigenous languages of India. There is a brief Telugu grammar in the book, which could be good enough for at least some general needs, though the case endings of Telugu nouns are not given, and while an example of the three main tenses is given, there is no information on how to form the tenses of the verbs. The information of how to pronounce the consonants is somewhat simplified, and sometimes not accurate. For example the ph consonant is not pronounced like English f, it is a strongly aspirated p. So it is really more similar to English p than English f. One problem is that some speakers of Telugu cannot pronounce the English f, so they use ph instead when trying to speak English. And similarly the th consonant is not like English th in thumb, it is a strongly aspirated dental t. And likewise the d consonant is not like th in English thus, it is somewhat different, it is a dental d, so different from English d, which is alveolar, but it is very similar to d in languages like French, Italian, Polish, and some other languages in Europe, which have the same dental d. But the pronunciation given is because speakers of Telugu have similar problems in pronouncing the alveolar consonants of English, so they put there the wrong consonant sounds when they cannot speak English well. But otherwise the description of the consonants using similar English consonants is not very wrong, of course it is simpler than using technical linguistic description of the consonants, which would be unfamiliar to most speakers of English, even though it is familiar to me, since I am a linguist. So it is not too bad for speakers of English who are not familiar with the technical linguistic terminology for describing the consonants. The pronunciation of the vowels is described fine using the closest English vowels. So It is a good book for what I want, and good enough for most speakers of English. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,114,140 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #634 in Travel Language Phrasebooks (Books) #1,920 in Foreign Dictionaries & Thesauruses #2,899 in Foreign Language Instruction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 3.8 out of 5 stars 48 Reviews | ## Images ![Telugu-English/English-Telugu Dictionary & Phrasebook - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71NboM9EDzL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A must buy: the most useful, concise, comprehensive, and clear Telugu guide *by R***F on November 20, 2018* This book is one of a kind. As someone who is fluent in speaking Telugu, but just learning how to read and write it, I found this book exceptionally helpful. It not only refreshed a lot of my knowledge, but it also taught me details that help me better understand how to speak, read, and write Telugu. Dr. Collooru starts off with an Introduction to the language and grammar, and then guides the reader through the Telugu alphabet, with English words and pronunciations as reference. Throughout the book, she emphasizes easy and digestible ways of pronouncing Telugu words. She included sections on the basics of grammar, basic phrases, and a diverse array of practical applications for the language, from communicating at a pharmacy to ordering at a restaurant. I appreciated the thoughtful and handy sections throughout the book, like "You Might See at an ATM" (with both English and Telugu script of the most common words), as well as her detailed, comprehensive, and concise dictionaries—she included both a Telugu-English dictionary and an English-Telugu dictionary. In my opinion, this book is perfect for all Telugu learners, whether just starting to gain familiarity with the language or completely fluent. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ It is a relatively good dictionary and phrasebook. *by T***N on March 13, 2023* I mostly like this book. The phrasebook part is quite large and quite good. The dictionary part is quite good, of course it is not like a large dictionary of Telugu would be, but it is OK. The English-Telugu part of the dictionary is OK. It has both the spelling in the Telugu alphabet and also each word is also in the Roman alphabet, which is great for those who have not learned the Telugu alphabet. The Telugu-English part is similar, the only complaint can be that the Telugu words are written alphabetically according to the Telugu alphabet, so if you do not know the alphabetical order of Telugu, then you will have trouble finding a Telugu word when you hear it. But the alphabetical order of Telugu is easy to learn. I know it well, even though I have not learned to read in the Telugu alphabet. You can see the order of the alphabet close to the beginning of the book. The order is similar like in most other alphabets of India, for example in Hindi, which is the most important of the indigenous languages of India. There is a brief Telugu grammar in the book, which could be good enough for at least some general needs, though the case endings of Telugu nouns are not given, and while an example of the three main tenses is given, there is no information on how to form the tenses of the verbs. The information of how to pronounce the consonants is somewhat simplified, and sometimes not accurate. For example the ph consonant is not pronounced like English f, it is a strongly aspirated p. So it is really more similar to English p than English f. One problem is that some speakers of Telugu cannot pronounce the English f, so they use ph instead when trying to speak English. And similarly the th consonant is not like English th in thumb, it is a strongly aspirated dental t. And likewise the d consonant is not like th in English thus, it is somewhat different, it is a dental d, so different from English d, which is alveolar, but it is very similar to d in languages like French, Italian, Polish, and some other languages in Europe, which have the same dental d. But the pronunciation given is because speakers of Telugu have similar problems in pronouncing the alveolar consonants of English, so they put there the wrong consonant sounds when they cannot speak English well. But otherwise the description of the consonants using similar English consonants is not very wrong, of course it is simpler than using technical linguistic description of the consonants, which would be unfamiliar to most speakers of English, even though it is familiar to me, since I am a linguist. So it is not too bad for speakers of English who are not familiar with the technical linguistic terminology for describing the consonants. The pronunciation of the vowels is described fine using the closest English vowels. So It is a good book for what I want, and good enough for most speakers of English. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Not much out there for English speakers learning Telugu *by Z***S on September 13, 2024* There is an absolute paucity of materials available for English speakers learning Telugu, but this book i the most useful print resource I've come across. Some translations are overly-literal, but the book is simple, consistent, well-edited. I wish the author wrote a Telugu textbook, too. ## Frequently Bought Together - Telugu-English/English-Telugu Dictionary & Phrasebook - Spoken Telugu for Absolute Beginners - English - Telugu Conversation Guide (Conversation Guides) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vn/products/70173970-telugu-english-english-telugu-dictionary-and-phrasebook](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/70173970-telugu-english-english-telugu-dictionary-and-phrasebook) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vietnam* *Store origin: VN* *Last updated: 2026-05-23*