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Telugu is the fourth most spoken language in India [14] and the 14th most spoken native language in the world. [15] A significant number of Telugus also reside in the Indian states of Karnataka , Tamil Nadu , Orissa , Maharashtra .
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]
The Telugu Diaspora refers to Telugu people who live outside their homeland of Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. [16] They are predominantly found in North America , Europe , Australia , Caribbean , Gulf , Africa and other regions around the world.
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 following table contains the Indian states and union territories along with the most spoken scheduled languages used in the region. [1] These are based on the 2011 census of India figures except Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, whose statistics are based on the 2001 census of the then unified Andhra Pradesh.
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%).
The Kannada people number roughly 50 million, making it the fifteenth-most spoken language in the world. [17] It is one of the official languages of India and the official and administrative language of the state of Karnataka. [18] Kannada people constitute a small portion of the population of the district of Kasargod in North Kerala.
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]