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Telugu is natively spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and Yanam district of Puducherry. Telugu speakers are also found in the neighbouring states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, some parts of Jharkhand, and the Kharagpur region of West Bengal in India.
Jul 9, 2024 · Primarily spoken in southeastern India, it is the official language of the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. In the early 21st century Telugu had more than 75 million speakers. The first written materials in the language date from 575 ce.
Telugu people (Telugu: తెలుగువారు, romanized: Teluguvāru), 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.
Telugu belongs to the South Central branch of the Dravidian language family. Said to have originated in the 1st century A.D. as per historical records, the Telugu script is said to have been created from the Pahlava script and is very similar to that of Kannada.
Origins. Telugu originated from the Proto-Dravidian language, belonging to the south-central family. Telugu belongs to the South-central Dravidian language subfamily, whose members originated from the Proto-Dravidian spoken in the central part of the Deccan plateau.
May 21, 2012 · Telugu is not rooted in Sanskrit and belongs to the family of Dravidian languages with its own unique roots and history. This in essence is the argument of the author, who retired as...
Dec 28, 2018 · The first available Telugu inscription in the coastal Andhra Pradesh comes from about 633 CE. Around the same time, the Chalukya kings of Telangana also started using Telugu for inscriptions. [citation needed] Telugu was most exposed to the influence of Sanskrit, as opposed to Prakrit, during this period. This period mainly corresponded to the ...
