![]() ![]() According to the Russian linguist Mikhail S. Linguistic reconstruction suggests that Proto-Dravidian was spoken around the third millennium BCE. Telugu, as a Dravidian language, descends from Proto-Dravidian, a proto-language. If so the derivation itself must have been quite ancient because Triglyphum, Trilingum and Modogalingam are attested in ancient Greek sources, the last of which can be interpreted as a Telugu rendition of " Trilinga". George Abraham Grierson and other linguists doubt this derivation, holding rather that Telugu was the older term and Trilinga must be the later Sanskritisation of it. Brown made a comment that it was a "strange notion" since the predecessors of Appa Kavi had no knowledge of such a derivation. Appa Kavi in the 17th century explicitly wrote that Telugu was derived from Trilinga. However, most scholars note that Atharvana's grammar was titled Atharvana Karikavali. Chenchiah and Bhujanga Rao note that Atharvana Acharya in the 13th century wrote a grammar of Telugu, calling it the Trilinga Śabdānusāsana (or Trilinga Grammar). The name Telugu, then, is a result of an "n" to "l" alternation established in Telugu. Tenugu is derived from the Proto-Dravidian word *ten ("south") to mean "the people who lived in the south/southern direction" (relative to Sanskrit and Prakrit-speaking peoples). Older forms of the name include Teluṅgu and Tenuṅgu. Speakers of Telugu refer to it as simply Telugu or Telugoo. Etymology Ĭlass=notpageimage| Locations of Trilinga Kshetras Various non-Telugu people over the centuries have remarked on the natural musicality of Telugu speech, referring to it as a mellifluous and euphonious language. Telugu also predominates in the evolution of Carnatic music, one of two main subgenres of Indian classical music and is widely taught in music colleges focusing on Carnatic tradition. Vijaya Ramaswamy compared it to the overwhelming dominance of French as the cultural language of modern Europe during roughly the same era. In the precolonial era, Telugu became the language of high culture across South India. Roughly 10,000 pre-colonial inscriptions exist in Telugu. Avadhānaṃ, a literary performance that requires immense memory power and an in-depth knowledge of literature and prosody, originated and was specially cultivated among Telugu poets for over five centuries. 11th century) is the first scientific treatise on mathematics in any Dravidian language. Pavuluri Mallana's Sāra Sangraha Ganitamu ( c. Telugu has an unbroken, prolific, and diverse literary tradition of over a thousand years. Telugu was used officially as a language of bureaucracy outside its homeland even by non-Telugu dynasties like the Thanjavur Marathas in Tamil Nadu. ![]() Telugu was the court language of various dynasties of Southern India namely the Kakatiyas, Vijayanagara Empire, Eastern Chalukyas, Eastern Gangas, Qutb Shahis, Madurai Nayaks, Thanjavur Nayaks. Inscriptions in Old Telugu script were found as far away as Indonesia and Myanmar. Telugu words were also found in the inscriptions of Emperor Ashoka (257 BCE), Satavahanas, and Vishnukundinas. 400 BCE in Bhattiprolu of Andhra Pradesh. Earliest inscriptions with Telugu words date back to c. ![]() ![]() Andronov, Telugu split from the Proto-Dravidian language around 1000 BCE. It is also a protected language in South Africa and is offered as an optional third language in schools in KwaZulu-Natal province. Telugu is the fastest-growing language in the United States. It is also spoken by members of the Telugu diaspora spread across countries like United States, Australia, Malaysia, Mauritius, UAE, Saudi Arabia and others. Telugu is also spoken in the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and the union territories of Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Modern Standard Telugu is based on the dialect of Krishna-Godavari delta region in Coastal Andhra. It is the 14th most spoken native language in the world. Telugu is one of the six languages designated as a classical language by the Government of India. It is one of the few languages that has primary official status in more than one Indian state, alongside Hindi and Bengali. Spoken by about 96 million people (2022), Telugu is the most widely spoken member of the Dravidian language family, and one of the twenty-two scheduled languages of the Republic of India. Telugu ( / ˈ t ɛ l ʊ ɡ uː/ తెలుగు, Telugu pronunciation: ) is a Dravidian language native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language. List of languages by number of native speakers in India Constitutionally recognised languages of IndiaĢ2 Official Languages of the Indian RepublicĮighth Schedule to the Constitution of India ![]()
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