30 Facts About Telugu language

Telugu language is a linguistic minority in the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, West Bengal, and the union territories of Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

George Abraham Grierson and other linguists doubt this derivation, holding rather that Telugu language was the older term and Trilinga must be the later Sanskritisation of it.

The name Telugu language, then, is a result of an "n" to "l" alternation established in Telugu language.

Prakrit Inscriptions with some Telugu language words dating back to between 400 BCE and 100 BCE have been discovered in Bhattiprolu in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.

One of the first words in the Telugu language, "Nagabu", was found in a Sanskrit inscription of the 1st century BCE at Amaravathi.

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Telugu language words were found in the Dharmasila inscription of Emperor Ashoka.

Telugu language was more influenced by Sanskrit and Prakrit during this period, which corresponded to the advent of Telugu language literature.

Telugu language literature was initially found in inscriptions and poetry in the courts of the rulers, and later in written works such as Nannayya's Mahabharatam.

Vijayanagara Empire gained dominance from 1336 to the late 17th century, reaching its peak during the rule of Krishnadevaraya in the 16th century, when Telugu language literature experienced what is considered its Golden Age.

Since the 1930s, what was considered an "elite" literary form of the Telugu language has now spread to the common people with the introduction of mass media like movies, television, radio and newspapers.

Telugu language is natively spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and Yanam district of Puducherry.

Telugu language speakers are found in the neighboring states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, some parts of Jharkhand and the Kharagpur region of West Bengal in India.

Many Telugu language immigrants are found in the states of Gujarat, Goa, Bihar, Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan.

The Government of South Africa announced that Telugu language will be re-included as the official subject in the South African schools after it was removed from the curriculum in state schools.

Soon, on 8 August 2008, Telugu was given the classical language status due to several campaigns.

Telugu language inscriptions are found in all the districts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Roman transliteration used for transcribing the Telugu language script is the National Library at Kolkata romanisation.

Atypically for a Dravidian Telugu language, voiced consonants were distinctive even in the oldest recorded form of the Telugu language.

The vowels of Telugu language are illustrated below, along with the Telugu language script and romanization.

Telugu language nouns are inflected for number, noun class (three classes traditionally termed masculine, feminine, and neuter) and case (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, vocative, instrumental, and locative).

Telugu language pronouns include personal pronouns; indefinite pronouns; relative pronouns (connecting parts of sentences); and reciprocal or reflexive pronouns (in which the object of a verb is acted on by the verb's subject).

Indologist David Shulman states that "Telugu language must have swallowed Sanskrit whole, as it were, even before Nannaya.

Telugu language has a complete set of letters that follow a system to express sounds.

Telugu language has full-zero ( ? ), half-zero (arthanusvara or candrabindu) (?) and visarga ( ? ) to convey various shades of nasal sounds.

Telugu language has ten digits employed with the Hindu–Arabic numeral system.

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Telugu language'storically, Vemulawada was a Jain knowledge hub and played a significant role in patronizing Jain literature and poets.

Telugu language was a Chola prince and a vassal under the Kakatiya empress Rani Rudrama Devi, and a pupil of Tikkana.

Palkuriki Somanatha: Important among his Telugu language writings are the Basava Purana, Panditaradhya charitra, Malamadevipuranamu and Somanatha Stava–in dwipada metre; Anubhavasara, Chennamallu Sisamalu, Vrishadhipa Shataka and Cheturvedasara–in verses; Basavodharana in verses and ragale metre (rhymed couplets in blank verse); and the Basavaragada.

Telugu language's work marked the beginning of a dynamic of socially conscious Telugu literature and its transition to the modern period, which is part of the wider literary renaissance that took place in Indian culture during this period.

Sri Sri was instrumental in popularising free verse in spoken Telugu language, as opposed to the pure form of written Telugu language used by several poets in his time.