desa bhashalandu telugu lessa

[Hercules]

Telugu, the official language of the state of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, holds many amazing facts to its credit. The old adage ‘Desha Bhashalandu Telugu Lessa‘ (Telugu is the greatest of all the languages in the country) says it all and here are 15 lesser-known facts about the language

1. Telugu is the only language in the India in which every word ends with a vowel.

There is always great sense of pride in holding a title all to yourself.

Source Telugu Basha

2. It is called the ‘Italian of the East’.

Circa 1400-1500 AD, Niccolò de’ Conti, a renowned merchant and explorer travelled across the world towards south-east Asia. He then chanced upon Telugu people and immediately noticed the vowel-ending similarly in the language and then coined the term for Telugu as ‘Italian of the East’, because in the west – this property is possessed by Italian.

Source Flickr

3. It is the fourth most spoken language in India.

After Hindi, Bengali and Punjabi respectively; says the 2012 census.
Sourceindia.org

4. Telugu broadcasts are aired on Mauritius’ radio and television.

Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation gives a one hour slot exclusively to Telugu programmes every day. The show is coordinated by Telugu scholar Sanjeeva Narasimha Appadu.

Source Youtube

5. It is the fifteenth most spoken language in the world.

With 76 million speakers, it is spoken by 1.15% of the entire world’s population.

Source The Hindu

6. It is the only language in the country that is the official language for more than one state

Apart from Hindi and Urdu, obviously.

Sourceexcelsol

7.  Ancient Telugu Speakers Used ‘Bu‘ Instead of ‘Mu’

Yes, this is one of the most astounding things. The ancient Telugu speakers would use the word ‘Bu’ in place of ‘Mu’. The letters of the Prathamaa Vibhakti (Du, Mu, Vu, Lu) were used often number of times.

Source Friends Of Telugu

8. According to a hypothesis it is said that the world ‘telugu’ originated from the word ‘triling’.

Andhra Pradesh was formerly known as ‘trilinga rajyam’, the land between three lingas – Srisailam, Kaleshwaram and Bhimeshwaram. So, Telugu was known as ‘trilinga basha’, later changed to ‘telungu’ and finally reached to the current ‘Telugu’.

Sourcehindutourism

9. Most of the songs composed in Carnatic music are in Telugu.

Thanks to the vowel-ending property it bears which lends it a musical touch, Telugu is considered to be one of the most expressive languages.
Source Pichumani

10. It is one language whose vocabulary is extensively derived from two great language families of India.

These families which together account to languages spoken by 97% of the population, are namely Sanskrit (Indo-Aryan) and Dravidian.

Source Kasarabada

11. Telugu is one of the few languages which has ‘Avadhana’ art.

The art includes 8 questioners (Prichchaka) in ‘Ashta-Avadhana’, 100 in ‘Shata-Avadhana’ and 1000 in ‘Sahasra-Avadhana’. The focus is mostly on ‘Samasya-Pooranam’, making poems using the letters/lines given by questioner on his/her own terms.

Sourcethehindu

12. It is one of the most difficult languages to master with complexities such as sandhis, samasas and heavily used inflections.

But whoever said, “No Pain, No Gain”.

Source Andhra Bulletin

13. It was declared one of the ‘classical languages’ of India.

Along with Kannada in the year 2008.

Source Austin Gurukulam

14. The Telugu language has 27 noted dialects.

They are as follows: Berad, Dasari, Dommara, Golari, Kamathi, Komtao, Konda-Reddi, Salewari, Telaingani, Warangal, Mahaboobnagar (Palamuru), Gadwal (Rayalaseema mix), Narayanapeta (Kannada and Marathi influence), Vijayawada, Vadaga, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, Toorpu (East) Godavari, Paschima (West) Godavari, Kandula, Rayalaseema, Nellooru, Prakasam, Gunturu, Tirupati, Vadari and Yanadi (Yenadi).

Source Indian Mirror

 

15. Inscriptions in Telugu date back to 400 BC.

Source Trip Advisor

The inscription found at Addanki, is said to be the oldest poem in Telugu. It is also said to be the first known poem that follows the grammatical rules of Telugu.

I want to leave on this note. Why? Because it is always good to cherish the fact that ‘old is gold’.

[Android_Halwa]

Correction.

it is the official language of Andhra Pradesh and one of the official languages of Telangana. 

Mee respect the fact that 'desha basha landu Telugu lessa' and at the same time also respect that Telugu is not the only language but we respect other languages as well. 

There is a difference and don't align us TG with language centric community. 

[VizagRocks]

5 minutes ago, Android_Halwa said:

Correction.

it is the official language of Andhra Pradesh and one of the official languages of Telangana. 

Mee respect the fact that 'desha basha landu Telugu lessa' and at the same time also respect that Telugu is not the only language but we respect other languages as well. 

There is a difference and don't align us TG with language centric community. 

that you make even less sense than Hercules is quite an achievement. thanks for unlocking it.

[Android_Halwa]

2 minutes ago, VizagRocks said:

that you make even less sense than Hercules is quite an achievement. thanks for unlocking it.

Well, if I ever had to unlock the reality that the rabbit what you had has four legs..it's just like that my friend..

The world can't run on our assumptions for long..

[Kool_SRG]

[VizagRocks]

4 minutes ago, Android_Halwa said:

Well, if I ever had to unlock the reality that the rabbit what you had has four legs..it's just like that my friend..

The world can't run on our assumptions for long..

another irrelevant comment, that means absolutely nothing in this context.

[Android_Halwa]

2 minutes ago, VizagRocks said:

another irrelevant comment, that means absolutely nothing in this context.

My irrelevant comment is just like your every other comment which is closer to your personal assumption of things than to the realistic world. 

[VizagRocks]

2 minutes ago, Android_Halwa said:

My irrelevant comment is just like your every other comment which is closer to your personal assumption of things than to the realistic world. 

and you are wise enough to see through my comments? lol

 

[Android_Halwa]

19 minutes ago, VizagRocks said:

and you are wise enough to see through my comments? lol

 

I wish you had some insights into the realistic world...its lot different than what you assume..

[VizagRocks]

32 minutes ago, Android_Halwa said:

I wish you had some insights into the realistic world...its lot different than what you assume..

I keep my insights to benefit myself. here I talk only about ideals, even though I wont follow them. because I'd lose if I followed them when others wont.

I dont see any point in bragging victory of one group over the other. I find it more useful to talk about boundaries of ethical behaviour than to condone every bit of nonsense  that happens in pursuit of power.

[VizagRocks]

37 minutes ago, Android_Halwa said:

I wish you had some insights into the realistic world...its lot different than what you assume..

second guessing what your leader will do, or won't, isn't insight. Its just living off someone's glory at best, or being a blind bhakt at worst.

I hope those kind of 'insights' can be better put to use, than in an online debate. Like in politics, or finance

[Myth1]

[Chitti_Robo_Rebuilt]

3rd point lo edits endi?

[Merabharathmahan]

Em labham.  Koodu pettaleni basha waste e kada. Anni govt. offices lo telugu states lo each document english ki change ayindi but govt. schools lo matram inka telugu medium e uncharu. Mana basha manaku koodu pettalekapotundi

[princeofheaven]

5 hours ago, Android_Halwa said:

Correction.

it is the official language of Andhra Pradesh and one of the official languages of Telangana. 

Mee respect the fact that 'desha basha landu Telugu lessa' and at the same time also respect that Telugu is not the only language but we respect other languages as well. 

There is a difference and don't align us TG with language centric community. 

langas official language urdu ne

 

 

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