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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.
The oldest known Tamil-Brahmi inscription, near Mangulam in Madurai district [145] Four Dravidian languages, viz. Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam, have lengthy literary traditions. [146] Literature in Tulu and Kodava is more recent. [146] Recently old literature in Gondi has been discovered as well. [147]
Tamil text used in this article is transliterated into the Latin script according to the ISO 15919standard. Tamil[b](தமிழ், Tamiḻ, pronounced[t̪amiɻ]ⓘ) is a classicalDravidian languagenatively spoken by the Tamil peopleof South Asia. It is one of the two longest-surviving classical languagesin India, along with Sanskrit,[10][11 ...
The Indian Classical languages, or the Śāstrīya Bhāṣāor the Dhrupadī Bhāṣā(Assamese, Bengali) or the Abhijāta Bhāṣā(Marathi) or the Cemmoḻi(Tamil), is an umbrella termfor the languages of Indiahaving high antiquity, and valuable, original and distinct literary heritage.[1] The Government of Indiadeclared in 2004 that ...
The origin of this word cannot be conclusively attributed to Malayalam or Tamil. Congee, porridge, water with rice; uncertain origin, possibly from Tamil kanji (கஞ்சி), [7] Telugu or Kannada gañji, or Malayalam kaññi (കഞ്ഞി). [citation needed] Alternatively, possibly from Gujarati, [8] which is not a Dravidian language.
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 ...
The ritu kala samskaram is a rite of passage for women. The ceremony, which is customary in South India, occurs after menarche. [2] [1] This milestone in a girl's life is observed by her family and friends with gifts and her wearing a sari for the ritual. [3][4] It normally takes place at the girl's home. [1]
The Sangam literature is the historic evidence of indigenous literary developments in South India in parallel to Sanskrit, and the classical status of the Tamil language. While there is no evidence for the first and second mythical Sangams, the surviving literature attests to a group of scholars centered around the ancient Madurai (Maturai ...