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Telugu is an inflected language. Telugu nouns are inflected for number (singular, plural), gender (masculine, feminine, and neuter) and case (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, vocative, instrumental, and locative). They are divided into three declensions depending on their endings and eight classes of irregular forms (Brown, 1981). There are two types of pronouns, personal and adjectival (the language has no relative pronouns), which inflect similarly to nouns with the addition of person inflection (1st, 2nd, and 3rd). The Telugu adjective is not inflected for number, gender, or case. Its comparative and superlative forms are constructed periphrastically with the addition of degree words.
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The Telugu alphabet is an descendant of the Brahmi script of ancient India. It is closely related to the Kannada alphabet. The earliest known inscriptions in the Telugu language date from the 6th century AD and Telugu poetry started to appear during the 11th century.
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Telugu belongs to the South-Central group of the Dravidian family of languages. It belongs to the Telugu sub-group together with Chenchu, Savara, and Waddar, which are all languages spoken in the Andhra Pradesh state of India.
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The Telugu script is used to write the Telugu language which is spoken in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is closely related to the Kannada script and is derived from the Old Kannada script.
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Spoken primarily in southern India, the seven major Dravidian languages are Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Gondi, Kurukh, and Tulu. Of these, the literature of Tamil, dating from the 1st century AD, has the longest continuing history.
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WTF was inaugurated in 1993 with the chief objective of promoting and perpetuating not only the language, culture, art, heritage, traditions but ... business of the Telugu people. A very hoary past with tremendous values enrich the present generation and it is the Federation’s aim to educate and preserve this legacy and inculcate them in the younger generations.
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