Interesting Facts About Telugu Language

Interesting facts about Telugu language

We know Telugu is an Indian language and Dravidian if we divide further.There are two Telugu speaking states in India and Telugu is the third most spoken language in the country.

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But what more? Can you add few to several more facts about your mother tongue ? Why it is called as Italian of the east ? Why many words are similar to Sanskrit ? What is Telugu’s worldwide rank ? Don’t you want to know the answers for these questions ? Don’t you wanna know few of the most interesting facts about this beautiful language ? If you are interested, we are ready with a collection.

* Telugu is respected as Italian of the East for a notable reason.

Every word in Telugu ends with a vowel sound.This rare feature earned the tag of Italian of the East since we belong to Eastern part of the world.

* As said by Russian linguist M.S.Andronov, Telugu split from the Proto-Dravidian languages between 1500 and 1000 BC.So, this is an very ancient language.

* As ranked by International Alphabets Association, Telugu language is the second best script in the world standing next to Korean.

* Telugu is 3rd most used language in India and 13th most used language in the world.

There are more number of people speaking Telugu than people speaking French in the world.

* There are many Telugu communities residing in Myanmar.

There is even street in Moumein area of Myanmar named Malle Poola Dibbba in Telugu.

* Telugu language consists of more number of Proverbs and Idioms than any other language in the world.

Now imagine how good we are at literature.

* Telugu is derived from Sanskrit Trilinga Desa.

The old forms of Telugu are Tenungu, Telungu and Telinga.

* There are Telugu people residing in Botswana, Kenya and South Africa.

Mauritius Radio airs many programs in Telugu language.

* Nannayya is first poet of Telugu according to many historians.

But people made stone works in Telugu much before Nannayya.And the poet’s first work in Telugu was not Mahabharatam, it was Telugu grammar titled Andhra Shabda Chintamani.

* “Telugu Talachina Deshyambu Telanganyamu” means the country which Telugu is Telangana, a famous quote of Sri Krishnadevaraya.

* There is a Telugu library in Myanmar called Vemana Library.It is located in Yangon.

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