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Telugu people are an ethnolinguistic group that speak Telugu, a Dravidian language in Southern India This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Telugu is the fastest-growing language in the United States. [18] It is also a protected language in South Africa. [19] Andhra is an ethnonym used for Telugu people since antiquity. [20] The earliest mention of the Andhras occurs in Aitareya Brahmana (c. 800 BCE) of the Rigveda. [21]
Telugu People — people of the Telugu ethno-linguistic group, historically of Telugu cultural regions in South India. Individuals who are of the Telugu ethno-linguistic group — and are a native of Andhra Pradesh or Telangana , and/or a Non-resident Indian, and/or a person of Indian origin .
Scheduled Castes (SCs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups. [7] [8] Scheduled Castes are given reservation status guaranteeing political representation, preference in promotion, quota in universities, free and stipended education, scholarships, banking services, various government schemes.
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.
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. [17] They are predominantly found in North America , Europe , Australia , Caribbean , Gulf , Africa and other regions around the world.
Nannaya – first Telugu writer (Adi kavi), Mahabharatam in Telugu started by him, out of 18 parvas 3.5 parvas written by him; Potana – Mahabhagavatam, Bhogini Dandakam; Tikkana – Mahabharatam last 14 parvas written by him; Gurazada Apparao – Telugu poet; Gudipati Venkata Chalam – novelist; Gurram Jashuva – Telugu poet, author, Telugu ...