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Preferred term

telTelugu  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Telugu ( , ) is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu, and is spoken in the bordering city of Yanam, in the neighboring territory of Pondicherry. According to the 2001 Census of India, Telugu is the language with the second largest number of native speakers in India (74 million) , and most spoken Dravidian language. It is one of the twenty-two scheduled languages of the Republic of India and one of the four classical languages.

Entry terms

  • Telugu language

ISO 639-1 code

  • te

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • tel

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • tel

ISO 639-3 code

  • tel

Notation

  • tel

In other languages

  • Télougou

    French

  • télougou
  • Telugu

    German

  • telugu

    Italian

  • Lingua telugu
  • Portuguese

  • Língua telugu
  • telugu

    Spanish

  • Idioma telugú

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/tel

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