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Telugu people, also called Andhras, are an ethno-linguistic group who speak the Telugu language and are native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Yanam district of Puducherry. They are the most populous of the four major Dravidian groups.
Telugu is the official language of the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It is one of the 22 languages under schedule 8 of the constitution of India. It is one of the official languages of the union territories of Puducherry. Telugu is a protected language in South Africa.
Telugu and the North Dravidian languages distinguish between masculine and non-masculine in the singular, and between human and non-human in the plural. The three types are illustrated by the forms of the third-person demonstrative pronouns of the three languages:
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Telugu is mainly spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh and in the neighboring states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa, and Chhattisgarh in India. It is also spoken in Bahrain, Fiji, Malaysia, Mauritius, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, and the United Kingdom, where there is a considerable Telugu diaspora. Telugu is the seco...
Nineteenth century Englishmen called Telugu the Italian of the East as all native words in Telugu end with a vowel sound, but it is believed that Italianexplorer Niccolò Da Conti coined the phrase in the fifteenth century.
In Telugu, Karta కర్త (nominative case or the doer), Karma కర్మ (object of the verb) and Kriya క్రియ (action or the verb) follow a sequence. Telugu also has the Vibhakthiవిభక్తి (preposition) tradition.
Like all Dravidian languages, Telugu has a base of words which are essentially Dravidian in origin. Words that describe objects and actions associated with common or everyday life: Like తల; tala (head), పులి; puli (tiger), ఊరు; ūru(town/city) have cognates in other Dravidian languages and are indigenous to the Dravidian language family. However, Te...
The earliest evidence for Brahmi script in South India comes from Bhattiprolu in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. Bhattiprolu was a great centre of Buddhism since the fourth century B.C.E. (Pre-Mauryan time), from which Buddhism spread to east Asia. A variant of Asokan Brahmi script, the progenitor of Old Telugu script, was found on the Buddha’s ...
Though Carnatic music has a profound cultural influence on all of the South Indian States and their respective languages, most of the songs (Kirtanas) are in Telugu language. This is because the existing tradition is, to a great extent, an outgrowth of the musical life of the principality of Thanjavur in the Kaveri delta. Thanjavur was the heart of...
Telugu literature is generally divided into six periods: 1. 1.1. pre-1020 C.E.—pre-Nannayya period 1.2. 1020-1400—Age of the Puranas 1.3. 1400-1510—Age of Srinatha 1.4. 1510-1600—Age of the Prabandhas 1.5. 1600-1820—Southern period 1.6. 1820 to date—Modern period In the earliest period there were only inscriptions, dating from 575 C.E. onwards. Nan...
Telugu cinemaList of Telugu filmsTelugu slang and swear wordsList of Telugu language television channelsHill, Edward C. 1991. A Primer in Telugu Characters. Indological primers series. New Delhi: Manohar Publications. ISBN 9788185425399.Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju. 1961. Telugu Verbal Bases a Comparative and Descriptive Study.Berkeley: University of California Press.Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju, and J. P. L. Gwynn. 1985. A Grammar of Modern Telugu. Delhi: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195616644.Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju. 1998. Language, Education and Society. New Delhi: Sage Publications. ISBN 9780761992417.All links retrieved January 21, 2020. 1. Ethnologue report for Telugu. 2. Brown, Charles Philip. A Telugu-English Dictionary.New ed., thoroughly rev. and brought up to date ... 2nd ed. Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1903. 3. Gwynn, J. P. L. (John Peter Lucius). A Telugu-English Dictionary.Delhi; New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. 4. U...
Nov 21, 2023 · The largest ethnic groups in India are Hindi/Urdu speakers (48% of the population), Bengalis (8%), and Telugus (7%). Hindi and Urdu are two literary forms of a single language called Hindustani.
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May 29, 2018 · Linguistic Affiliation. The Telugu language is a member of the Dravidian Language Family concentrated in the south of the Indian peninsula. Other related major languages are Tamil , Kannada, and Malayalam.
Aug 14, 2023 · Telugu (/ ˈ t ɛ l ʊ ɡ uː /; తెలుగు, Telugu pronunciation: [ˈt̪eluɡu]) is a Dravidian language spoken by Telugu people native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language.
