Volume : IV, Issue : XII, December - 2014

IMPORTANCE OF ANDHRA PRADESH MOTHER TONGUE–A STUDY ON TELUGU LANGUAGE

M. Venkatalakshmamma, N. Munirathnamma

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Telugu is the most widely spoken language amongst those using the Brahmi script. These comprise the languages of south India (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tulu and others such as Sinhala (spoken in Sri Lanka)and languages spoken in South East Asia such as Burmese, Thai and Cambodian) In terms of population, Telugu ranks second to Hindi among the Indian languages. The main languages spoken in Andhra Pradesh are Telugu, Urdu, Hindi, Banjara, and English followed by Tamil, Kannada, Marathi and Oriya. Telugu is the principal and official language of the State. It was also referred to as `Tenugu in the past. `Andhra is the name given to it since the medieval times. Some argued that `Telugu was a corruption of `Trilinga (Sanskrit meaning three `lingas). Its vocabulary is very much influenced by Sanskrit. In the course of time, some Sanskrit expressions used in Telugu got so naturalized that people regarded them as pure Telugu words.

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M. Venkatalakshmamma, N. Munirathnamma Importance of Andhra Pradesh Mother Tongue-a Study on Telugu Language Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.4, Issue : 12 December 2014

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