Talk:Telugu language/Archive 3

Non-linguistic baloney
Once again, a Telugu nationalist editor is adding "musical" baloney to the article--reinserting a paragraph that was deleted earlier as non-linguistic claptrap. Languages do not have "musical natures". Period. --Taivo (talk) 13:54, 25 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Though I am no expert in either linguistics or music, I just want to point out the popular opinion in the western world that Italian, as opposed to say English, is more suited to music and songs as all of its words end in vowels. Most words in Telugu also end in vowels, which caused it to be referred as "Italian of the East" in the first place. By arguing so passionately about exclusion of that sobriquet you already tried to deprive the Wikipedia readers of the knowledge of this peculiar similarity between Italian and Telugu. Though I may not be able to produce the requisite sources to support my claim, it is common knowledge in my part of the world that most compositions in Carnatic Music sound good in Telugu because of the phonetic characteristics such as vowel endings, exact phonetic reproduction of Sanskrit words and other assorted features. It seems that in your enthusiasm to protect this article from equally zealous nationalists, you are rejecting every proposal brought forward by these people without verifying their authenticity and relevance and thus depriving the Wikipedia readers of knowledge. Even so I should appreciate and support your efforts to remove nonsense attribution of "sweetness" and other subjective qualities. 14.139.97.76 (talk) 12:07, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Half the worlds languages only have words that end in vowels. ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 12:31, 26 February 2012 (UTC)


 * There are widespread clichés, and Wikipedia is perfectly able to document them. We only ask that reputable sources are presented that the cliché exists. It will be very easy to provide sources for the cliché that "Italian sounds melodic" to English speakers. If something of the kind is true of Telugu, let's just see the references, and there can be a marginal section about "perception" by non-speakers or something. --dab (𒁳) 12:53, 20 March 2012 (UTC)


 * languages can have musical natures, though i know nothing about the specifics of this claim; and the only example i know of is Piraha, which is taught to children by whistling it since it's apparently highly tonal (though data may be inaccurate). 94.193.221.42 (talk) 23:24, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Piraha whistle speech isn't the Piraha language, but an intricate whistled code. It is a hunting code, not used for "teaching children the language".  --Taivo (talk) 23:59, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Since wikipedia only requires that 'cliches' have reputable sources, I hereby submit the following source for your consideration. 'Musicality' of a language might seem to be a nonsensical attribute to YOU, but there HAVE BEEN scholarly sources which refer to it, such as this one which mentions that Telugu is considered as musical due to its long vowels: http://chestofbooks.com/history/india/South-India-Culture/Vadukar.html 59.162.23.73 (talk) 07:10, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
 * That is not a linguistic source and is the equivalent of quoting a book on oil drilling in the article on heart structure. --Taivo (talk) 08:13, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

The ONLY inflected Dravidian Language?
Unlike other Dravidian languages, Telugu is an inflected language,...

Is Telugu the only Dravidian lanugage that's inflected? Isn't Tamil too an inflected language?

Tamil suffixes can be derivational suffixes, which either change the part of speech of the word or its meaning, or inflectional suffixes, which mark categories such as person, number, mood, tense, etc.

''Tamil verbs are also inflected through the use of suffixes. A typical Tamil verb form will have a number of suffixes, which show person, number, mood, tense, and voice.''

Ananthpattabi (talk) 09:57, 22 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Deleted. What is it with Dravidian-language speakers making up nonsense to prove that their language is somehow better than all other Dravidian languages? — kwami (talk) 02:00, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
 * they believe this expresses "self-respect". "Better than all other Dravidian languages" doesn't quite cut it though. Any self-respecting Dravidian language evidently must be The Primary Classical Language of the World. --dab (𒁳) 13:06, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

early epigraphy
Somebody wrote Early Telugu epigraphy unnoticed. It seems to be based on decent references, although not properly identified.

The claim of Telugu inscriptions that "date back to 400 B.C." as reported by The Hindu in 2007 seems to be completely spurious. This newspaper does this kind of thing all the time. Some random claim is made by an archaeologist, carefully massaged into giving a sensationally early date because, hey, you want to be in the newspaper. Then for the next five years, The Hindu is our "reference" for the astounding "fact".

If this is real, it needs a real reference. Presumably it is just wishful thinking. The ASI instead of giving fair guesses of archaeological dates, with indications of uncertainty, they routinely take the earliest date that is at all arguable and rush it to the journalists. And of course, once The Hindu has claimed that "Telugu is 2,400 years old", you cannot retract it, because there would be riots in the street.

In reality, Telugu epigraphy begins in the 5th or 6th century, while it may or may not be true that the Gaha Sattasai records some Telugu words (we don't know, because nobody bothers to cite their references). --dab (𒁳) 13:01, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Dispute Resolution
KWDT2 added additional content to article giving present status of Telugu language in Andhra Pradesh citing four references. The content was deleted immediately (within six minutes) by Taivo without giving any reason. I would request Taivo to record here the applicable objectional content. Kwdt2 (talk) 10:48, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The material deleted was more of a POV rant than encyclopedic content. Even sourced material can be inappropriate for an NPOV encyclopedia.  --Taivo (talk) 14:00, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Reg. the winning of second position by Telugu in World Alphabet Olympics
Hello team,

There's been an edition on Telugu Language page recently. It states that the Telugu Language has been nominated as world's second best alphapet with regards to pronunciation, structure and scientific aspects behind its phonetics. The award honoured by International Ponetics Association (IPA) during it's "Second World Alphabet Olympics" held at Bangkok from 1st Oct; 2012 to 4th Oct; 2012.

But as and when users like me are editing the page, with the below inforamation, few monitoring people are reverting the edition.

I'd like to hereby take this to the notice of the forum, in order to seek an explanation for the reverting of the content. Im open to give the explanation as upto how much extent the conent was genuine, with proofs and also putting one more step ahead to discuss the science behind sounds of a language, the affect that the sounds cause on mind through a language and regarding the phonetic music that few combination of words render.

I'm well prepared to give all the scientific facts behind Telugu alphabet and phonetics.

The information that we posted was: '''Telugu has been voted second best script in the world after Hangeul in The World Alphabet Olympics 2012. .'''

Thanks & Regards, B Ram — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bhargavapillalamarri (talk • contribs) 20:26, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Why would something so completely subjective (not to mention silly) be noteworthy of an encyclopedic article? Not even sure if it should be in a "In Popular Culture" sort of section.HammerFilmFan (talk) 02:16, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree with HammerFilmFan. This is not a serious piece of information about Telugu.  The only article where this piece of trivia might be relevant is in the article Telugu alphabet.  It's certainly doesn't rise above the level of trivia in this article and is not encyclopedic content here.  --Taivo (talk) 03:27, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

b ram 20:35, 3 November 2012 (UTC) Who gave you people the right to curb an information about the pride of our mother tongue? This is not any ubiquitous information or a rumour. Inspite of the citations and references provided hereby, you people deluge over here with an edit war. It's an unprecidented and a remarkable achievement in the history of languages of India. That deserves a sense of boast and pride. You with your selfish irony and blasphamy are taking undue advantage of your privileges to extinct the holy pride of a large community. We respect your seniority and commitment to keep the Wiki alive and healthy. We are still being patient enough to have a mutual consent on this issue.
 * The topic certainly merits a mention in this article. After all, this is a result of international contest and not something projected by Telugus themselves. Even trivia has its place in an encylopaedic article as it makes the essays much more interesting. --Arjunaraoc (talk) 05:20, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Actually it doesn't deserve any mention here at all. It is trivial and not related to the language itself.  It might be appropriate on the Telugu alphabet page, but it is too trivial and unscientific for mention here, which is an overview of the language.  --Taivo (talk) 06:04, 10 November 2012 (UTC)


 * It doesn't warrant mention anywhere. The Alphabet Olympics are just another attempt to prove the superiority of hangul. Something had to come in 2nd place; don't know why they chose Telugu. Personally, I love hangul, but these nationalist fantasies are idiotic, and the comments of the organizer were either badly translated, or suggest that he's an idiot too. — kwami (talk) 06:18, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

World Telugu Conference in Tirupati city
Hi, Taivo, The page Telugu language is not your personal property and I doubt your unbiased linguistic and scholarly credentials. Despite the request to discuss on the difference of opinion (if any) and not to make hurried decisions on the content placed by me today on 15/3/2013, you have deleted the content stating a silly comment that "too much triviality and detail" The placed content is not more than 10 lines with sufficient references. You have not bothered to explain how the content is silly though the content is not controversial and lengthy. If you have any constructive reasonable objections, I am open to accept your observations. It is horrible to dictate the contributor to finish the content in one or two sentences. Take a week's time to read the content placed by me along with references (if not literate in Telugu, take the help of Telugu peers). I expect your gentlemanly explanation here (in talk page) for deleting the content which is not objectionable at all.

The deleted content is given below along with the references.

21st century developments
In the last week of December 2012, the fourth Telugu Maha Sabhalu (Grand conference of worldwide Telugu people) was organized by the government of Andhra Pradesh in Tirupati city after nearly 35 years duration  to discuss the issues related to Telugu language, literature and arts. It is felt by all the participants that Telugu language usage and its importance is waning out by the ongoing language policy of the Andhra Pradesh government. However Telugu deserves its prominence as a modern developed language similar to English, Chinese, Japanese, German, Korean, etc. The present policy of the state government is covertly and overtly encouraging English language unduly at the cost Telugu development. The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, Sri N. Kirankumar Reddy averred that as part of the first phase Telugu implementation
 * A ministry would be created to develop Telugu language for achieving the prominent role in all walks of life in the state.
 * Telugu language teaching would be made compulsory up to 10th standard in all schools of the state irrespective of medium of instruction.
 * All the correspondence in the state government offices shall be conducted in Telugu.
 * All the sign boards in the state must be prominently written in Telugu Language.
 * Provision of adequate budget / funds to develop Telugu language, classical arts, etc.

References cited:

1) Tirupati to host World Telugu Conference

2) Concerted effort needed to revive Telugu: Minister

3) Plan to develop Telugu language

4) Myths about English

5) తెలుగుభాష సమున్నత వికాసము సాధించు కార్యాచరణ ప్రణాలిక (Action plan for full development of Telugu language)

6) ఆంగ్ల భాష పురోగతిననుకరిద్దాం (Let us emulate English language progress)

7) |title= Telugu and English to be Must in all Schools Irrespective of Medium

8) |title= We will take Telugu to future generation: CM

Kwdt2 (talk) 18:39, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * This is not a significant development for the Telugu language warranting an entire paragraph with bullet list. It's just a meeting with goals, not accomplishments.  Therefore, as a hope and a dream it might warrant a sentence or two, but not the inch of screen space that it takes up.  Summarize.  Summarize.  Summarize.  And how dare you question my qualifications and fill your comment with sarcasm, then ask for a "gentlemanly" response?  Hypocrite.  --Taivo (talk) 22:07, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

I am not a fraudster or quack as stated by you (hypocrite). I leave this aspect to Wikipedia readers to judge who are what from this episode. Not following the Wikipedia basic advises (Be polite: Assume good faith) and repenting later is not good conduct of very very active Wikipedian. I will try to shorten the content as informed by you and place in the main page shortly. Kwdt2 (talk) 07:08, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Phonology
I removed the following sentence "Telugu does not have contrastive stress, and speakers vary on where they perceive stress. Most judge it to be on the penultimate or final syllable, depending on word and vowel length"..

The above line is false even though it has reference and I didnt even care to read it as it is absolute trash.

It is a Universal fact that Telugu language is very particular about stresses(Vottulu) on various syllables. I can cite 100 references to prove this in scientific manner. (Nagarjuna198 (talk))
 * then provide them rather than just delete referenced material that you did not look at and dismissing it out of hand. noq (talk) 15:43, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Distribution of Telugu speakers around the World
Hey there's a lot of correction which should be carried out in this article. Regarding the speakers around the world it ranks one of the highest in indian languages and when we come to south india it is the largest spoken language. For instance see the wiki page 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_India_by_Telugu_speakers' where there are 3.5, 3.1, 1 million people in tamilnadu, karnataka, maharastra respectively and see the distribution of telugu speaker in india its too bad when some people ask for proof in other sites. I personally say that there are a lot of people residing in bangalore and many a parts of karnataka such as bellary and i ask wiki editors what made chirajeevi to campaign in tamilnadu ????

times of india article (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/specials/assembly-elections-2011/tamil-nadu/Chiranjeevi-to-campaign-for-Congress-in-Tamil-Nadu/articleshow/7755517.cms) states "Sources said Chiranjeevi may campaign for four-five days in areas where there are large chunks of Telugu population" doesn't it have enough proof of lot of telugu people in tamilnadu, and its ironical that the shaded part shown in the map is smaller than that of state's area. I made a lot of changes in the article which will be reverted soon by some fellow not residing in Andhra pradesh and i dont know how these guys are handling languages which they don't know

I strongly oppose the way they handle neither they contribute to the article nor they encourage others writing Alurujaya (talk) 12:42, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Tamil and Telugu
Tamil and not Telugu has links with Indus valley script, proving Tamil is the grand mother of Telugu! http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/asko-parpola-flags-tamils-links-with-indus-valley-script/article482859.ece — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.188.183.89 (talk) 14:52, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Karthiksabaasha, Telugu and the other Dravidian languages are not derived from Tamil. Nor did they "borrow their grammar" from Tamil. Either learn some linguistics or stop your Tamil POV pushing. Either one (or both) would be nice. --Taivo (talk) 18:15, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Both is preferably. Tamil and Telugu of course both derive from proto-Dravidian, neither is derived from the other - and in fact they represent completely different branches of the family. ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 18:23, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
 * @snunɐw·: Absolute rubbish. Please stop your Tamil propaganda. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.114.210.182 (talk) 02:41, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Where is the reference given for ?Andronov dating 1500bc for telugu? does finding a few telugu words in the Prakrit anthology in Satavahana works means existence of telugu at that time? how about no other claimed-telugulike inscriptions other than hala and bhatiprolu? in the claimed period of 400bc upto 575 ad? with these personal POVs the credibility of this particular wiki page is largely dubious.Senthilkumaras (talk) 18:23, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

Adding Telugu Ubuntu User guide
I have brought out a Telugu Ubuntu User Guide as an ebook and published it on Commons, after creating it on Telugu Wikibooks. I think that a link and a picture would be useful for readers of this article. I request that editors may review the same and consider adding it to the page. --Arjunaraoc (talk) 10:03, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Telugu language materials
https://archive.org/details/teluguenglishdic00perc

https://archive.org/details/grammarofteloogo00camprich

https://archive.org/details/companiontelugur00ardeiala

https://archive.org/details/cihm_49088

https://archive.org/details/TheHolyBibleNewTestamentCompleteInTeleguteluguIndia-1860

http://books.google.com/books?id=Op10oxer2zQC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=HxWGiHe5nzgC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Rajmaan (talk) 04:51, 12 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Telugu language page, and the Telangana Telugu article is of a reasonable size that the merging of Foo will not cause any problems as far as article size or undue weight is concerned. Vin09 (talk) 16:54, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Merger proposal
I propose that Telangana Telugu be merged into Telugu_language. I think that the content in the Telangana Telugu article can easily be explained in the context of Dialects section of Telugu language page, and the Telugu language article is of a reasonable size that the merging of Telangana Telugu will not cause any problems as far as article size or undue weight is concerned. Vin09 (talk) 16:54, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

"Like Pali" Comment
For some reason I need to explain why the comment "like Pali" is inappropriate for the intro to this article, so here's a start:

1. This is OR. 2. It's uncited. 3. There are many languages in India that have a vowel-final requirement, including - more notably - *other Dravidian languages*. 4. Pali has been extinct a long, long time. 5. Why cite Pali and not, for example, Tamil? This is picking and choosing for personal reasons. Old Japanese had a similar constraint, why not mention that?  Ogress  smash!  18:36, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that one. నిజానికి (talk) 17:43, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

74 million
There are about 75 million speakers according to the infobox. would it be fair to say 75 million on the lead? నిజానికి (talk) 10:25, 4 March 2015 (UTC)


 * I think so. Actually, the source in the info box says 75.9 million, which we would normally round off to 76.  But that's an extrapolated estimate, and it's doubtful it's really accurate to the nearest million (let along to the nearest 100,000!)  We'd be lucky to have a figure that's correct to within 10%.  Because of that, most of our estimates for populous languages like Telugu are rounded off to the nearest 5 million, so we hopefully don't mislead our readers too much.  — kwami (talk) 18:47, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Discrepancy between Telugu and Bengali articles
Telugu has the following:

"In loans from Sanskrit, Telugu retains some of the features that have subsequently been lost in some of Sanskrit's daughter languages such as Hindi and Bengali, especially in the pronunciation of some vowels and consonants.[12]"

(Full disclosure: I just edited "its" to the second "Sanskrit", as editing "its" to Telugu produces a nonsensical result. But that was an edit of clarity, not of fact.)

while the Bengali language page reads:

"Along with other Eastern Indo-Aryan languages, Bengali evolved circa 1000–1200 CE from eastern Middle Indo-Aryan languages such as Magadhi Prakrit and Pali, which developed from a dialect or group of dialects that were related to, but distinct from Vedic and Classical Sanskrit.[15]"

Is Bengali a daughter language of Sanskrit (in which case, the Bengali page needs to be changed) or not (in which case, the Telugu page needs to be changed)?

I know almost nothing about Bengali, Telugu, or Sanskrit. Would someone who does please make the appropriate edit of fact on the one page or the other?

Cross-linking from the Bengali language talk page to here.

Thisisnotatest (talk) 23:35, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

External links modified
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Etymology section
I am afraid this revert, with the edit summary, "You think a 1894 referenced source from Archaeological Survey of India takes higher precedence than an unknown author from 1970s. Rather have both." has missed the point.

I have deleted this material here, because it has nothing to do with etymology of the word Telugu. Only the etymology should go into this section. The supposed capital of Trilingadesham is completely irrelevant to this section. I am afraid reinstatement of this WP:COATRACK material is unwarranted. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 07:55, 26 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Reply to Kautilya3: As a person with background in Lexicography, I believe that every language has to be treated differently and Telugu and Trilinga are interrelated and the later word is related to the Trilingadesham. Along with Etymology, the surrounding background is very important to support it. Merriam Websters gives the meaning of Etymology as "the history of a linguistic form (as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language" and another dictionary says, "the origin of a word and the historical development of its meaning." for Etymology. — Preceding unsigned comment added by William772 (talk • contribs) 08:09, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * If you are a serious lexicographer, it is not at all clear why you deleted my text that specifically discussed the etymology, citing a recent historian (which is to be preferred according to WP:HISTRS).
 * You might be personally convinced that Telugu is derived from Trilinga. But Wikipedia is not the place to air your personal views. All reliable published views must be stated as here, as per WP:NPOV.
 * What historical evidence exists for Trilingadesham? A temple for Andhra Vishnu, dating from 1000 AD or later doesn't demonstrate anything. The appearance of the term in Greek sources from early Christian era does.
 * How is the supposed capital of Trilingadesham relevant to the word "Telugu"?
 * Please address these points specifically. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 08:24, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * My salute to you -- These ones you answered yourself after realizing the truth. This is the edited version after you made the changes:

"The speakers of the language call it "Telugu" or "Tenugu". The older forms of the name include Teluṅgu, Tenuṅgu and Teliṅga. The etymology of Telugu is not certain. Some historical scholars have a suggested a derivation from Sanskrit trilinga, as in Trilinga Desa, "the country of the three lingas"." BTW, most of the crux, I did not put originally, I only corrected the subject matter with authentic source (Archaeological Survey of India from 19th century) from Google Books. I am sorry the signature thing is something I will learn, for now I will let the Bots do it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by William772 (talk • contribs) 12:51, 27 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Reply to Kautilya3: I just realized that you are right. So much for my education as a lexicographer. Have fun. — Preceding unsigned comment added by William772 (talk • contribs) 09:53, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

New Telugu consonant chart
Hello my friends!

It is my intention, to replace the file File:Telugu consonants.gif with this file (also floating to the right of this message).



The new file has many advantages over the other one. First of all, it uses IPA, which is more widely accessible than the random standard (not ISO) in use by the other file. Further, its glyphs are clear owing to its font: the glyphs of the other image appear to me childish. Lastly, and most importantly, the existing file is low resolution, and changing low resolution raster images to vector images is a long term goal of the project (see c:Commons:Transition to SVG).

I would like to seek consensus for this change, as I am not a native Telugu speaker and I would like one to check over the chart before I replace it across Wikipedia. As per WP:BOLD, if no opposition is raised or problems found, I will replace the current chart next Saturday the 4th of February. Psiĥedelisto (talk) 11:34, 28 January 2017 (UTC)


 * I have nothing against IPA, but the prevailing standard transliteration (National Library at Kolkata romanisation), needs to be included, because it is used all over the article as well as most Indian articles. Pinging for her input. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 13:08, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the link - obviously I was wrong to imply that the chart in the article now uses a non-standard transliteration method! I thought the standard was ISO 15919, but I will make a new version of the image which includes the National Library at Kolkata romanisation and IPA side-by-side. Psiĥedelisto (talk) 13:12, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that will be brilliant. As you rework the table, I wonder if you can also rearrange it to bring out the symmetry.
 * The funny consonants ".c" and ".j" do not fit into the pattern. Normally they are added in separate columns, but you can put them in a separate row below the corresponding "c" and "j" letters. (These are mostly extinct by the way.)
 * It would also be ideal if "r" and "ṟ" go next to each other, just as "l" and "ḷ" are next to each other.
 * "ksh" should be "kṣ", I think.
 * Finally, can we use one notation for IPA throughout the article such as /../. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 13:36, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately I worked on your previous request before seeing your message. The current version of the file reflects the addition of the National Library at Kolkata romanisation (you may need to press Ctrl+Shift+R, or otherwise clear your cache, to see it). I will see about implementing your other requests now. Psiĥedelisto (talk) 14:15, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * All of your requests have been filled. Psiĥedelisto (talk) 14:39, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I just realized that actually, I missed your request to replace with  in the image, so I just did that. I think it's what you asked for now. Psiĥedelisto (talk) 12:38, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for all your work! One final request. The transliteration of the funny j must be apparently ĵ (not z), according to the Library of Congress link at Romanization of Telugu. With that, I would be fully satisfied, unless has any other recommendations. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 13:25, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
 * LOC does appear to be ĵ, presuming that document is correct (and does not appear not to be anything but correct based on its location) and I think the chart is excellent. I am not a scholar of Telugu specifically, however, so if anyone else has an observation? Ogress 18:51, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Hello, I would prefer to keep z over ĵ as it is used in ISO 15919 (see that page for more, it is also where I got ĉ from). I'm not sure how much traction the LOC transliteration has, though, so if you insist despite this message I will change it. Psiĥedelisto (talk) 06:08, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
 * , should we switch to ISO instead of National Library? Our page WP:NCIN does say that we should ISO. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 00:59, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Well, "The preferred formal transliteration is the standardised ISO 15919 transliteration scheme for Indic scripts", so, sure. Ogress 03:36, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protection
To IP users User:117.199.227.252 and User:117.199.234.166:

I appreciate your attempts to help improve Wikipedia, but your continual edit warring has gotten this page semi protected as per my request at Requests_for_page_protection. I am willing to soften my stance, but you have to be willing to meet me in the middle for this to work. I can see that Iravatham Mahadevan is more well known than I thought: your citing of a The Hindu article rather than a research paper obfuscated his credibility. As you likely know, the modern day script that Indus script became is highly politically sensitive in India. If you don't know, read. I cannot allow you to add that "Indus became Telugu" without also mentioning the other theories, or perhaps this wording: "Iravatham Mahadevan has linked the Telugu script with Proto-Dravidian and the Indus script, but others disagree, and which modern Indian script, if any, the Indus script became remains an open question."

WP:Consensus is the cornerstone of Wikipedia. If you continue to refuse to discuss it and keep your "my way or the highway" attitude, you are risking being blocked or the page being reprotected. Psiĥedelisto (talk) 14:56, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

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Official Status
Right in the lead there is a line:
 * It stands alongside Hindi, English, and Bengali as one of the few languages with official status in more than one Indian state

The ref doesn't support that information, and from what I've been able to figure out from languages with official status in India, it seems 14 of the 22 languages seem to be official in more than one state. I could be falsely interpreting this, and would love some feedback. menaechmi (talk) 14:52, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

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Stuff
Does telugu have a [x]? — Preceding unsigned comment added by AleksiB 1945 (talk • contribs) 23:48, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Can you be more specific about what your comment is referring to? What's "[x]"? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 00:10, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

It has been argued that there is a historical connection between the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia and the Telugu speaking peoples
Not only that, my friends, but there is a connection between Andrha Pradesh and ... wait for it ... Israelis (sic) on the basis of Telugu words found in Hebrew. Of course, no examples are given. Oh, dear. This is one of the funniest things I have read in ages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.97.120.100 (talk) 20:40, 10 June 2018 (UTC)

Link? AleksiB 1945 (talk) 03:17, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Morphosyntax
§ Morphosyntax says
 * There are six word classes in Telugu: nominals (proper nouns, pronouns), verbs (actions or events), modifiers (adjectives, quantifiers, numerals), adverbs (modify the way in which actions or events unfold), and clitics.

That's five. I'm not changing the text because I don't know what's right: whether to change "six" to "five", or add a class (and if so, what?). --Thnidu (talk) 21:37, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Came to Talk specifically to add this note. I also checked the larger Grammar article, and that didn't even mention the word classes... --Ojh2 (talk) 21:20, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

“Telegu” as alternative spelling/pronunciation
In other Indian languages, such as Bengali, this name is spelled and pronounced as “Telegu” rather than “Telugu.” Why isn’t this listed as a variant name? Acsenray (talk) 21:57, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

Here’s a citation to a scholarly linguistic institute in Tennessee, which links to University of Chicago sites, both using the spelling “Telegu” in English. https://www.vanderbilt.edu/csls/lctlangs/telegu.php Acsenray (talk) 22:03, 27 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Tbh, being a native, this is the first time I'm ever hearing this spelling. No comments on the Vanderblit link, and the U of C link (http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/gwynn/) once clicked shows Telugu and not Telegu. Either way, Bengali and several other languages have their own spellings, despite being written, or not written, in Latin. We don't either name Englisch as variant despite being the correct spelling in German. I think some languages just have different phonetics. I transcribe Telugu in English (Tenglish) when I message friends and family, doesn't mean those are actually the English words or valid variants. -- DaxServer (talk) 22:49, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

It is an alternative spelling in English. Perhaps it is old-fashioned at this point, but it should be acknowledged. Here’s the ngram https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Telegu+&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=3&direct_url=t1%3B%2CTelegu%3B%2Cc0 …

Here it is used as the spelling for the heading of Zee News’s Telegu News page https://zeenews.india.com/tags/telegu.html …

Here it is acknowledged as an alternative spelling in Merriam-Webster, one of the three major American English dictionaries https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Telegu …

Google Book Search shows numerous results of the use of the spelling in English publications. Many of them are older, but there are uses well into the 21st century -- https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=telegu&nfpr=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiPs9fU1ITyAhXDW80KHYebAHsQvgUoAXoECAEQOA&biw=1309&bih=664&dpr=2.2: - https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_State_and_the_Grassroots/zyjfCQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=telegu&pg=PA100&printsec=frontcover -- 4 instances, including: "Recently, Telegu American organizations ... have also become more active ..." - https://www.google.com/books/edition/Negotiating_Multiculturalism/zsDGv8UxVGAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=telegu&pg=PA168&printsec=frontcover: "... one of my informants brought in a Telegu speaking maid ..." - https://www.google.com/books/edition/Sociolinguistics_and_the_Narrative_Turn/eqSODwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=telegu&pg=PA139&printsec=frontcover: "... it was the end of the Telegu language for her, she explains that not only had Mauritian Creole replaced Telegu in her family ..." - https://www.google.com/books/edition/Changing_India/kb_z1KghC1oC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=telegu&pg=PA117&printsec=frontcover: "He was to be found instead, larger than life and however flickeringly, on the Telegu silver screen." - https://www.google.com/books/edition/Suicide_Protest_in_South_Asia/UbNEAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=telegu&pg=PA48&printsec=frontcover: "... the Telegu community was deeply invested in the creation of a state ... cleavages within the Telegu population ... mobilization of all Telegus ... the tenor of Telegu legislative contestation not only served to bring the cause at national level ... Telegu leaders on the national and state level were able to successfully convey their demands ..." - https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Sociolinguistic_History_of_Early_Ident/5jz6acTOquoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=telegu&pg=PA49&printsec=frontcover: "The Telegus" (section heading for an ethnic group in Singapore.

Acsenray (talk) 23:54, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Given its a common mispelling, so its not surprising to see its usage in a few sources. But Telegu is nowhere as predominant as compared to say Oria. -- Ab207 (talk) 06:10, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

Given this range of sources it seems more than arbitrary to label it as a “misspelling” rather than as “an alternative spelling in English,” as Merriam-Webster notes. Shall I keep citing more sources? Is there something here I’m missing? Is this a political issue? Either way, if it’s an alternative spelling, the article should note it. If it’s a controversial spelling, the article should note it. That’s what an encyclopedia should do. Acsenray (talk) 15:35, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

adding source
Hi DVdm, noted that you have deleted my edit. I have read your comment. I have added two more sources as per your guidance. I would say this is very commonly known by southern state ppl in Andhra as well as TN. Still if you have some query kindly mention here. Thanks