Telugu

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Telugu is a major Dravidian language predominantly spoken in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, known for its rich literary tradition and classical status.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dravidian language
classical language of India
language
belongsToBranch Telugu–Kui branch
linked to: Dravidian languages
belongsToCulturalRegion Andhra region
linked to: Andhra Pradesh

Telangana region
linked to: Telangana
earliestKnownInscriptionCentury 6th century
hasGrammaticalFeature SOV word order
agglutinative morphology
honorific forms
postpositions
rich case system
hasISO6391Code te
hasISO6392Code tel
hasISO6393Code tel
hasLiteraryTraditionSinceCentury 11th century
hasMajorDialect Coastal Andhra Telugu
linked to: Telugu

Godavari dialects
Hyderabadi Telugu
linked to: Telugu

Rayalaseema Telugu
Telangana Telugu
linked to: Telugu
hasNotablePoet Nannaya
Sri Krishnadevaraya
Tikkana
Tyagaraja
Vemana
linked to: Yerrapragada

Yerrapragada
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
retroflex consonants
hasScriptDerivedFrom Brahmi script
hasScriptHistoricallyRelatedTo Kannada script
hasStandardFormBasedIn Coastal Andhra region
linked to: Coromandel Coast
hasWritingSystem Telugu alphabet
isOfficialLanguageOfUnionTerritory Puducherry (Yanam region)
linked to: Puducherry (parts)
isOneOf 22 scheduled languages of India
languageFamily Dravidian
linked to: Dravidian languages
nativeName తెలుగు
officialLanguageOf Andhra Pradesh
Telangana
primaryCountry India
recognizedAsClassicalLanguageBy Government of India
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn Chhattisgarh
Karnataka
Maharashtra
Odisha
linked to: Andhra Pradesh

Puducherry
linked to: Puducherry (parts)

Tamil Nadu
Yanam
region Andhra Pradesh
South India
Southeast India
linked to: South India

Telangana
scriptUnicodeBlock Telugu (U+0C00–U+0C7F)
spokenIn Australia
Canada
India
Kuwait
Malaysia
Mauritius
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
subfamily South-Central Dravidian
usedAsMediumOfInstructionIn schools in Andhra Pradesh
schools in Telangana
usedIn Tollywood film industry
writingDirection left-to-right
writingSystem Telugu script
writingSystemType abugida

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India recognizedLanguage Telugu
Telugu hasMajorDialect Coastal Andhra Telugu
linked to: Telugu
Telugu hasMajorDialect Telangana Telugu
linked to: Telugu
Telugu hasMajorDialect Hyderabadi Telugu
linked to: Telugu
Port Blair language Telugu
Hyderabad officialLanguage Telugu
Samuel hasLanguageForm Telugu
Tirupati officialLanguage Telugu
Telugu script writingSystemFor Telugu language
linked to: Telugu
South India majorLanguage Telugu
Nannaya fieldOfWork Telugu language
linked to: Telugu
Telangana (parts) language Telugu
Karnataka regionalLanguage Telugu
Rayalaseema Telugu closelyRelatedTo Standard Telugu
linked to: Telugu
Rayalaseema Telugu closelyRelatedTo Coastal Andhra Telugu
linked to: Telugu
Rayalaseema Telugu closelyRelatedTo Telangana Telugu
linked to: Telugu
Rayalaseema Telugu mutuallyIntelligibleWith Standard Telugu
linked to: Telugu
Tikkana language Telugu
Tikkana inLanguage Telugu
Yerrapragada ethnicity Telugu
Yerrapragada language Telugu
Guntur officialLanguage Telugu
Guntur languageSpoken Telugu
Andhra State languageBasis Telugu
Andhra State ethnolinguisticGroup Telugu people
linked to: Telugu
Vijayawada language Telugu