Telugu

Dravidian language native to South India
Intangible natural_language Q8097
Telugu
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Telugu is an intangible cultural element located in India[1].

Telugu

Summary

Telugu is a natural language[1]. Telugu ranks in the top 2% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,560 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Telugu is in the country of India[3].
  • Telugu's instance of is recorded as natural language[4].
  • Telugu's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Telugu is a type of Dravidian[6].
  • Telugu's writing system is recorded as Telugu[7].
  • Telugu is part of Classical Languages of India[8].
  • Telugu is part of Schedule languages of India[9].
  • Telugu's Commons category is recorded as Telugu language[10].
  • Telugu's Wikimedia language code is recorded as te[11].
  • Telugu's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 15.5, 'lon': 80}[12].
  • Telugu's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Telugu language[13].
  • Telugu's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+82000000'}[14].
  • Telugu's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+74244300'}[15].
  • Telugu's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+50000000'}[16].
  • Telugu's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+5000000'}[17].
  • Telugu's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • Telugu's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • Telugu's has characteristic is recorded as Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation in Telugu[20].
  • Telugu's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'te', 'text': 'తెలుగు'}[21].
  • Telugu's UNESCO language status is recorded as 1 safe[22].
  • Telugu's indigenous to is recorded as Andhra Pradesh[23].
  • Telugu's indigenous to is recorded as Chhattisgarh[24].
  • Telugu's indigenous to is recorded as Karnataka[25].
  • Telugu's indigenous to is recorded as Maharashtra[26].
  • Telugu's indigenous to is recorded as Odisha[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[4] and modern language[5]. Telugu is a type of Dravidian[6].

Use and Application

Part of include Classical Languages of India[8], a heritage designation[28], in India[29] and Schedule languages of India[9], in India[30].

Why It Matters

Telugu ranks in the top 2% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,560 views/month).[2] Telugu has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Telugu is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Telugu has been cited as an influence by Globasa[33], an international auxiliary language[34], founded in 2019[35].

FAQs

Who did Telugu influence?

Telugu has been cited as an influence by Globasa[33].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Category for films in this language Category:Telugu-language films
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