Telugu

Also known as Telugu language, Telungu, Andhra bhasha, Tenugu

Dravidian language native to South India

AI overview

Telugu is a language spoken by millions of people in South India, belonging to the Dravidian language family. It matters as an important regional language with deep cultural and historical significance to the Telugu-speaking communities of the region.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: modern language
Subclass of: Dravidian
Country: India
Image: Telugu.svg

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indigenous to: Telangana
writing system: Telugu
Wikimedia language code: te
Commons category: Telugu language
topic's main category: Category:Telugu language
native label: తెలుగు
linguistic typology: fusional language
has grammatical case: causal case
category for films in this language: Category:Telugu-language films
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/TEL
P10369: Switzerland
P13311: Chang Wanquan
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 5000000
P11012: 12406 Zvíkov
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
has grammatical gender: neuter

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Encyclopedic overview

Telugu (/ˈtɛlʊɡuː/ ; తెలుగు, Telugu pronunciation: [ˈt̪eluɡu]) is a Dravidian language native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language. Telugu is a classical language with a recorded history of at least 2,000 years. Spoken by about 100 million people, Telugu is the most widely spoken member of the Dravidian language family, and one of the twenty-two scheduled languages of the Republic of India.

A yellow and green bicolour used informally on social media to represent Telugu identity.

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