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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 .
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.
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 people or Telugu are also a Dravidian ethnic group of India. They are the native speakers of the Telugu language. According to Census of India, Telugu language has 74 million speakers making it as the third largest spoken language in India after Hindi and Bengali. [1] They are native to the South Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and ...
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]
India is the most populous country in the world with one-sixth of the world's population. According to estimates from the United Nations (UN), India has overtaken China as the country with the largest population in the world, with a population of 1,425,775,850 at the end of April 2023. [13] [14] [15] [16]
During the heyday of British rule in India, many people from India were sent to other British colonies for work. In the Dutch colony of Suriname, the Dutch were allowed by the British Raj to recruit labourers in certain parts of the North-Indian United Provinces. Today, Europe's largest Hindu temple is currently situated in The Hague. [188]
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 ]