When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Telugu language - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu_language

    Modern Telugu vocabulary can be said to constitute a diglossia because the formal, standardised version of the language is either lexically Sanskrit or heavily influenced by Sanskrit, as taught in schools, and used by the government and Hindu religious institutions. However, colloquial Telugu is less influenced by Sanskrit and varies depending ...

  3. Telugu people - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu_people

    Telugu Nāḍu. Telugu people (Telugu: తెలుగువారు, romanized: Teluguvāru), also called Āndhras, are an ethno-linguistic group who speak the Telugu language and are native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Yanam district of Puducherry. They are the most populous of the four major Dravidian linguistic groups.

  4. Telugu script - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu_script

    Telugu script (Telugu: తెలుగు లిపి, romanized: Telugu lipi), an abugida from the Brahmic family of scripts, is used to write the Telugu language, a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as well as several other neighbouring states. It is one of the official scripts of the Indian Republic.

  5. Telugu grammar - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu_grammar

    Telugu grammar. Telugu is an agglutinative language with person, tense, case and number being inflected on the end of nouns and verbs. Its word order is usually subject-object-verb, with the direct object following the indirect object. The grammatical function of the words are marked by suffixes that indicate case and postpositions that follow ...

  6. Telugu diaspora - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu_diaspora

    The Telugu Diaspora refers to Telugu people who live outside their homeland of Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. [16] They are predominantly found in North America, Europe, Australia, Caribbean, Gulf, Africa and other regions around the world. There are also few Telugus from other Indian states such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Odisha ...

  7. Telugu literature - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu_literature

    Telugu literature is the body of works written in the Telugu language.It consists of poems, short stories, novels, plays, and song lyrics, among others.There is some indication that Telugu literature dates at least to the middle of the first millennium, the first extant works are from the 11th century when the Mahabharata was first translated to Telugu from Sanskrit by Nannaya.

  8. Telangana dialect - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telangana_dialect

    Telangana Telugu, (Telangana slang or Telangana yaasa) often referred to as Hyderabadi Telugu (Telugu: హైదరాబాదీ తెలుగు) is a dialect of the Telugu language. It has its own history, spoken mostly in the Indian state of Telangana. [2] This dialect, which is spoken in the Hyderabad region, is highly influenced by ...

  9. Names for India - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_for_India

    The term is a verbal noun of the Sanskrit root bhr-, "to bear/to carry", with a literal meaning of to be maintained (of fire). The root bhr is cognate with the English verb to bear and Latin ferō. This term also means "one who is engaged in search for knowledge". Barato, the Esperanto name for India, is also a derivation of Bhārata.