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Telugu is the third most common language in India, right behind Bengali. Telugu is predominantly spoken in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, although it’s also the official language of several other states like Andaman and Nicobar, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Orissa, Kharagpur of West Bengal, Bellary Of Karnataka. It is a part of ...
India has a Greenberg's diversity index of 0.914—i.e. two people selected at random from the country will have different native languages in 91.4% of cases. [11] As per the 2011 Census of India, languages by highest number of speakers are as follows: Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Urdu, Kannada, Odia, Malayalam. [12] [13]
It is the tenth-largest state in India and the seventh most populous state. As of 2001 census, Tamil is spoken as the first language by 88.59% of the population followed by Telugu by 5.65 percent, Kannada by 2.68 percent, Urdu by 1.51 per cent, Hindi by 0.64 percent, Malayalam by 0.89 percent, Marathi by 0.1 percent and Saurashtra by 0.1 ...
The state covers an area of 162,975 km2 (62,925 sq mi), or 5.83% of the total geographical area of India. It comprises 26 districts. Telugu is the primary official language of Andhra Pradesh and spoken as a native language by about 89.21% of the people. Other ethnic minorities in the state as of 2001 are Urdu people (6.55%), Tamil people (1.04%).
Telugu is spoken across the Telugu states. [2] As of 2022, Urdu has also gained Official status in both the states. Telugu stands alongside English as one of the few languages with primary official language status in more than one Indian state. [3] It is one of six languages designated a classical language of India by the country's government. [4]
The Telugu Diaspora refers to Telugu people who live outside their homeland of Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. [17] They are predominantly found in North America , Europe , Australia , Caribbean , Gulf , Africa and other regions around the world.
Spoken by about 96 million people (2022), [7] 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. [8] It is one of the few languages that has primary official status in more than one Indian state , alongside Hindi and Bengali . [ 9 ]
The Mumbai Telugus are a social community of Telugu language speakers living in Mumbai, the Financial capital of India. There are about 5 lakh Telugu speakers in Mumbai. [citation needed] This includes both those who are born in Mumbai, and those born in Andhra Pradesh/Telangana or elsewhere in the Telugu diaspora. They are one of the major ...