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ISO 639-3 · teltel
Dravidian family
Telugu
తెలుగు
Telugu is a language of the Dravidian branch, spoken in India. Wikidata counts 82 m first-language speakers (2019) and 5 m who speak it as a second language. Wikidata describes it as “Dravidian language native to South India”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
tel- ISO 639-1
te- Glottocode
telu1262- Family
- Dravidian
- EGIDS
- 2 Provincial
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Centre point
- 15.50, 80.00
- Wikipedia
- 143 language editions
82 mfirst-language speakers
5 msecond-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
1levels in the tree
2EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Telugu · తెలుగు |
|---|---|
| Also called | Telugu language, Telungu, Andhra bhasha, Tenugu |
| L1 speakers | 82,000,000 (2019) |
| L2 speakers | 5,000,000 (2001) |
| All speakers | 50,000,000 (1987) |
| Written in | Telugu script |
| Grammatical cases | 1 listed in Wikidata |
| Grammatical genders | 3 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 2 Provincial2
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Dravidian to Telugu
The branches above Telugu, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
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where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in India
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