Telugu

E5056

Dravidian language classical language of India language

Telugu is a major Dravidian language predominantly spoken in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, known for its rich literary tradition and classical status.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Telugu canonical	355
Telugu language	13
Telugu people	3
Coastal Andhra Telugu	2
Standard Telugu	2
Telangana Telugu	2
Classical Telugu	1
Hyderabadi Telugu	1
Telugu (used in prayers and teaching)	1
Telugus	1

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dravidian language ⓘ classical language of India ⓘ language ⓘ
belongsToBranch	Dravidian languages ⓘ surface form: Telugu–Kui branch
belongsToCulturalRegion	Andhra Pradesh ⓘ surface form: Andhra region Telangana ⓘ surface form: Telangana region
earliestKnownInscriptionCentury	6th century ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature	SOV word order ⓘ agglutinative morphology ⓘ honorific forms ⓘ postpositions ⓘ rich case system ⓘ
hasISO6391Code	te ⓘ
hasISO6392Code	tel ⓘ
hasISO6393Code	tel ⓘ
hasLiteraryTraditionSinceCentury	11th century ⓘ
hasMajorDialect	Telugu self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Coastal Andhra Telugu Godavari dialects ⓘ Telugu self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hyderabadi Telugu Rayalaseema Telugu ⓘ Telugu self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Telangana Telugu
hasNotablePoet	Nannaya ⓘ Sri Krishnadevaraya ⓘ Tikkana ⓘ Tyagaraja ⓘ Yerrapragada ⓘ surface form: Vemana Yerrapragada ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length ⓘ retroflex consonants ⓘ
hasScriptDerivedFrom	Brahmi script ⓘ
hasScriptHistoricallyRelatedTo	Kannada script ⓘ
hasStandardFormBasedIn	Coromandel Coast ⓘ surface form: Coastal Andhra region
hasWritingSystem	Telugu alphabet ⓘ
isOfficialLanguageOfUnionTerritory	Puducherry (parts) ⓘ surface form: Puducherry (Yanam region)
isOneOf	22 scheduled languages of India ⓘ
languageFamily	Dravidian languages ⓘ surface form: Dravidian
nativeName	తెలుగు ⓘ
officialLanguageOf	Andhra Pradesh ⓘ Telangana ⓘ
primaryCountry	India ⓘ
recognizedAsClassicalLanguageBy	Government of India ⓘ
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn	Chhattisgarh ⓘ Karnataka ⓘ Maharashtra ⓘ Andhra Pradesh ⓘ surface form: Odisha Puducherry (parts) ⓘ surface form: Puducherry Tamil Nadu ⓘ Yanam ⓘ
region	Andhra Pradesh ⓘ South India ⓘ South India ⓘ surface form: Southeast India Telangana ⓘ
scriptUnicodeBlock	Telugu (U+0C00–U+0C7F) ⓘ
spokenIn	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ India ⓘ Kuwait ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Mauritius ⓘ Qatar ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ Singapore ⓘ United Arab Emirates ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
subfamily	South-Central Dravidian ⓘ
usedAsMediumOfInstructionIn	schools in Andhra Pradesh ⓘ schools in Telangana ⓘ
usedIn	Tollywood film industry ⓘ
writingDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystem	Telugu script ⓘ
writingSystemType	abugida ⓘ

Referenced by (381)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

India → recognizedLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Indian English → influencedBy → Telugu ⓘ

Andaman and Nicobar Islands → spokenLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Madras Presidency → majorLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Telugu → hasMajorDialect → Telugu self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coastal Andhra Telugu

Telugu → hasMajorDialect → Telugu self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Telangana Telugu

Telugu → hasMajorDialect → Telugu self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hyderabadi Telugu

Indo-Caribbean people → heritageLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Carnatic region of India → languageRegion → Telugu ⓘ

Port Blair → language → Telugu ⓘ

Hyderabad → officialLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Google Translate → availableLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Dravidian languages → majorLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Samuel → hasLanguageForm → Telugu ⓘ

Hyderabad State → languageCommon → Telugu ⓘ

Tirupati → officialLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Indians in South Africa → heritageLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Coromandel Coast → languageRegion → Telugu ⓘ

Telugu script → writingSystemFor → Telugu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Telugu language

Telugu script → hasUnicodeBlock → Telugu ⓘ

North Andaman Island → languageSpoken → Telugu ⓘ

South India → majorLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Nannaya → languageOfWorkOrName → Telugu ⓘ

Nannaya → fieldOfWork → Telugu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Telugu language

Nannaya → targetLanguageOfTranslations → Telugu ⓘ

Puducherry (parts) → languageSignificant → Telugu ⓘ

Madras Legislative Council → languageOfWorkOrName → Telugu ⓘ

Telangana (parts) → language → Telugu ⓘ

Karnataka → regionalLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Andhra Pradesh → officialLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Andhra Pradesh → majorLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

South-Central Dravidian → includesLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

South-Central Dravidian → majorLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Rayalaseema Telugu → closelyRelatedTo → Telugu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Telugu

Rayalaseema Telugu → closelyRelatedTo → Telugu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coastal Andhra Telugu

Rayalaseema Telugu → closelyRelatedTo → Telugu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Telangana Telugu

Rayalaseema Telugu → mutuallyIntelligibleWith → Telugu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Telugu

Sri Krishnadevaraya → languageOfPoetry → Telugu ⓘ

Sri Krishnadevaraya → notableWorkLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Tamil Nadu → hasRegionalLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Tikkana → language → Telugu ⓘ

Tikkana → inLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Yerrapragada → ethnicity → Telugu ⓘ

Yerrapragada → language → Telugu ⓘ

Guntur → officialLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Guntur → languageSpoken → Telugu ⓘ

Andhra State → officialLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Andhra State → languageBasis → Telugu ⓘ

Andhra State → ethnolinguisticGroup → Telugu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Telugu people

Vijayawada → language → Telugu ⓘ