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Telugu (/ ˈ t ɛ l ʊ ɡ uː /; [6] తెలుగు, Telugu pronunciation: [ˈt̪eluɡu]) is a classical Dravidian language native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language.
Telugu Americans have suffered from hate crimes in America. The most notable of these incidents was the 2017 Olathe, Kansas shooting , in which a white supremacist, Adam Purinton, harassed two Telugu immigrants, Srinivas Kuchibhotla and Alok Madasani, under the pretense that they were Iranians and or illegal immigrants.
A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this ...
Speakers of Telugu refer to it as simply Telugu or Telugoo. [44] Older forms of the name include Teluṅgu and Tenuṅgu. [45] Tenugu is derived from the Proto-Dravidian word *ten ("south") [46] to mean "the people who lived in the south/southern direction". The name Telugu, then, is a result of an "n" to "l" alternation established in Telugu ...
The Telugu people form the dominant ethnic group in Andhra Pradesh, making up to 83.88% (as per 2001 census) [1] of the total population of the state. They are the native speakers of the Telugu language. Telugu is one of the official languages of India and the official and administrative language of the state of Andhra Pradesh. [2]
Telugu is the most widely spoken Dravidian language in India and around the world. Telugu is an official language in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Yanam, making it one of the few languages (along with Hindi, Bengali, and Urdu) with official status in more than one state. It is also spoken by a significant number of people in the Andaman and ...
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 the first official language, and Urdu is the second official language of the state. [3] Telugu is the mother tongue of nearly 90% of the population. [a] [110] Tamil, Kannada, and Odia are spoken in the border areas. Lambadi and several other languages are spoken by the scheduled tribes of the state.