Telugu

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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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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Telugu language	3
Telugu people	3
Coastal Andhra Telugu	2
Standard Telugu	2
Telangana Telugu	2
Hyderabadi Telugu	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 (88)

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

Proto-Dravidian → ancestorOf → Telugu ⓘ

Google Translate → availableLanguage → 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

Raichur → commonlySpokenLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan → ethnicGroup → Telugu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Telugu people

Yerrapragada → ethnicity → Telugu ⓘ

Andhra State → ethnolinguisticGroup → Telugu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Telugu people

Nannaya → fieldOfWork → Telugu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Telugu language

Andaman Hindi → hasInfluenceFrom → Telugu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Telugu language

World War I poetry → hasLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Samuel → hasLanguageForm → Telugu ⓘ

Anish → hasLanguageOfUse → 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

Andaman district → hasOfficialLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Sriharikota → hasPrimaryLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Puducherry → hasRegionalLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Tamil Nadu → hasRegionalLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Telugu script → hasUnicodeBlock → Telugu ⓘ

Indians in South Africa → heritageLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Indo-Caribbean people → heritageLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Indo-Mauritians → heritageLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Tikkana → inLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

South Asian ethnic groups → includesEthnicGroup → Telugu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Telugus

South-Central Dravidian → includesLanguage → Telugu ⓘ

Indian English → influencedBy → Telugu ⓘ

Andaman Islands → language → Telugu ⓘ

Asaf Jahi dynasty → language → Telugu ⓘ

Cyberabad → language → Telugu ⓘ

Nizam → language → Telugu ⓘ

Port Blair → language → Telugu ⓘ

Qutb Shahi dynasty → language → Telugu ⓘ

Telangana (parts) → language → Telugu ⓘ

Tikkana → language → Telugu ⓘ

Vijayawada → language → Telugu ⓘ

Vizagapatam → language → Telugu ⓘ

Yerrapragada → language → Telugu ⓘ

Andhra State → languageBasis → Telugu ⓘ

Hyderabad State → languageCommon → Telugu ⓘ

Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India → languageListed → Telugu ⓘ

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation → languageOfAdministration → Telugu ⓘ

Star India → languageOfContent → Telugu ⓘ

Osmania University → languageOfInstruction → Telugu ⓘ

Musi River → languageOfName → Telugu ⓘ

Sri Krishnadevaraya → languageOfPoetry → Telugu ⓘ

Tyagaraja → languageOfWork → Telugu ⓘ

Madras Legislative Council → languageOfWorkOrName → Telugu ⓘ