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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 is the fourth most spoken language in India [15] and the 14th most spoken native language in the world. [16] A significant number of Telugus also reside in the Indian states of Karnataka , Tamil Nadu , Orissa , Maharashtra .
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]
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A recent study by the American Center for Immigration Studies showed Telugu as the fastest growing language in United States, which has grown by 86% in the last seven years. [6] During the 2020 United States elections, the Telugu language was first listed on voter registration and ballot boxes in select locales. [7] [8]
C. Narayana Reddy (born 1931), poet, academic and songwriter; Aarudhra (1925–1998), author, poet, essayist, writer of stories (including detective stories), playwright, translator, composer of film songs; Mohammad Ismail (born 1928–2003), Telugu-language poet, critic, academic and university administrator.
Old Telugu is an agglutinative language primarily utilizing suffixes to express grammatical relationships. Noun morphology included gender markers and various derivational processes, while verb morphology was highly developed with distinct markers for tense, mood, and aspect.
His classic work Historical Grammar of Telugu [2] was the first systematic study on the development of Telugu Language. It provides a survey of the historical development of the Telugu Language from the earliest times. This work helped decipher some Indus Valley seals. [3] [4] He was a founder member of the Dravidian Linguistics Association of ...