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Telugu
[tel-uh-goo]
noun
plural
Telugus ,plural
Telugu .a Dravidian language spoken mainly in Andhra Pradesh state, SE India.
a member of the people speaking this language.
adjective
of Telugu or the Telugu.
Telugu
/ ˈɛəˌɡː /
noun
a language of SE India, belonging to the Dravidian family of languages: the state language of Andhra Pradesh
a member of the people who speak this language
adjective
of or relating to this people or their language
Example Sentences
Officials told BBC Telugu that a team of firefighters was the first to go inside on Sunday.
Hindi, Tamil and Telugu speakers grew in number, and Indian-American communities shifted from New York and Michigan to larger clusters in California and New Jersey.
Police in India have arrested popular Telugu actor Allu Arjun in connection with a crush at the premiere of his latest film earlier this month.
In Telangana, pressure has grown on the government to publish a report on the Telugu film industry that’s been waiting to see the light of the day for two years.
Even among Indian American spellers, a particular subgroup is overrepresented: families from the southern states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where Telugu is the primary language.
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Telugu is a Dravidian language spoken mainly in the state of Andhra Pradesh in southeastern India.Telugu also refers to the speakers of this language.India is a large country located in southern Asia, and Andhra Pradesh is one of its 25 states. The Dravidian family of languages includes many of the languages spoken in Southern India and the country of Sri Lanka, including Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam.According to the 2011 Census of India, there were over 81 million speakers of Telugu. At that time, it was the fourth most popular language in India, with 6.7 percent of the population speaking it. Telugu is the official language of the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.Spoken Telugu has several different regional dialects, which depend on a person’s geographic area, class, and caste. Written Telugu is more uniform and, like other Dravidian languages, is based on the Brahmi script rather than ancient Sanskrit.Telugu is written from left to right, and its alphabet currently consists of 60 symbols, including 16 vowels and 41 consonants.
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