Historically, Telugu was the third most widely spoken language in British India, boasting 1.7 crore native speakers, as per the 1881 Census. However, by the 2011 Census, it dropped to fourth place, ...

Hyderabad: The Central Board of Film Certification has recirculated the list of cuss words in Telugu to be followed by filmmakers. The list contains more than 30 Telugu words including nayala, mushti ...

Naidu encourages Telugu linguists to create new words, emphasizing the importance of mother tongue in modern communication.

In a multilingual country, each citizen picks up languages with varying degrees of proficiency. The author muses over her peculiar relationship with Telugu I still remember the farthest corner of my ...

Hyderabad: A researcher at the IIIT-H has developed the largest computational version of the Telugu dictionary. The researcher, Ms Sreekavitha Parupalli, at 21, is one of the youngest to receive her ...

The evolution of media language over more than half-a-century was actually a bumpy ride, as it took different ‘avatars’ in the course of time. Telugu newspapers launched in the early years of the ...

HYDERABAD: Disputing with the established belief that Nannaya Bhattarakudu was the first Telugu poet, Telangana Jagruti president and TRS MP K Kavitha said that there were some Telugu literary works ...