Telugu
తెలుగు
The word "Telugu" in Telugu script
Native to	India
Region	Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Yanam
Ethnicity	Telugu people
Native speakers	81 million (2011)[1][2] L2 speakers: 11 million[1]
Language family	Dravidian South-Central Telugu
Early form	Old Telugu
Writing system	Telugu script Telugu Braille
Official status
Official language in	India Andhra Pradesh Telangana Puducherry (Yanam district) Karnataka Tamil Nadu Maharashtra Chhattisgarh Kerala Goa Odisha Gujarat Andaman and Nicobar Islands Rajasthan Jharkhand Punjab Delhi Haryana West Bengal (additional)[3]  USA  Saudi Arabia  UAE  Australia  Pakistan  Mauritius  Fiji  Malaysia  Thailand  Bangladesh
Language codes
ISO 639-1	te
ISO 639-2	tel
ISO 639-3	tel
Linguist List	tel
Glottolog	telu1262  Telugu
In dark blue, Telugu is spoken by a majority. In light blue, it is spoken by a significant minority.

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Telugu edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Telugu (Telugu: తెలుగు) is a language spoken in southern India and parts of Malaysia. It is the official language of the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It is one of the twenty-two scheduled languages of the Republic of India. Telugu is the second most spoken language in India and 15th largest spoken language in the world. As it is one of the oldest languages in the world, the government of India gave it the status of a classical language.