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The interesting feature in Telugu theatre is the main roles are cast by two persons and named as "okatava (first)" "rendo (the second)", for example okatava krishnudu (first krishna), rendava krishnudu (second krishna). Most of the performances start at late nights and will continue till early mornings. [19] [21]
The term పాత తెలుగు pāta telugu is the Modern Telugu word, referring to the Old Telugu language.. The word పాత pāta and the adjectival prefixes ప్రాఁ prā̃, ప్ఴాన్ pḻān come from the reconstructed Dravidian word *paḻan-(tta), meaning old/ancient.
Telugu script is an abugida comprising 60 symbols – 16 vowels, 3 vowel modifiers, and 41 consonants. Telugu has a complete set of letters that follow a system to express sounds. The script is derived from the Brahmi script like those of many other Indian languages.
About 76% of the population of Telangana speak Telugu, 12% speak Urdu, and 12% speak other languages. [6] [7] Before 1948, Urdu was the official language of Hyderabad State, and due to a lack of Telugu-language in educational institutions, Urdu was spoken by the educated people of Telangana, including the elite.
The museum's main objective is to show Telugu history and culture from the Satavahana dynasty until modern times. It has 42 episodes on the arts, folk arts, great poets, language, literature and history of great personalities in Telugu society. [2]
[1] [6] [7] Their prowess as rulers and warriors is well documented in Telugu history. [8] [need quotation to verify] The Reddy dynasty (1325–1448 CE) ruled coastal and central Andhra for over a hundred years. Today they continue to be a politically and socio-economically dominant group in the Telugu states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Speakers of Telugu refer to it as simply Telugu or Telugoo. [45] Older forms of the name include Teluṅgu and Tenuṅgu. [46] Tenugu is derived from the Proto-Dravidian word *ten ("south") [47] to mean "the people who lived in the south/southern direction". The name Telugu, then, is a result of an "n" to "l" alternation established in Telugu ...
Telugu is hypothesised to have originated from a reconstructed Proto-Dravidian language. It is a highly Sanskritised language; as Telugu scholar C.P Brown states in page 266 of his book A Grammar of the Telugu language: "if we ever make any real progress in the language the student will require the aid of the Sanskrit Dictionary". [67]