Category:Telugu language

**Telugu**
	Dravidian language
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Subclass of	Dravidian
Location	India
ISO 639-1 code	te;
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Telugu (తెలుగు) is a Dravidian language mostly spoken by the people of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana of India. It is also spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu where it holds a secondary language status, as well as in the states of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Jharkhand. It is the 12th largest spoken language in the world. Including non-native speakers, it is the most spoken Dravidian language and the third most spoken language in India. It was conferred the status of a Classical language by the Government of India. Telugu is one of the twenty-two scheduled languages of the Republic of India. It is widely spoken in Orissa, and Puducherry, with major populations in Bengaluru and Chennai; the dialects spoken in these places vary greatly from the standard version of the language. It is also spoken among a diaspora population in the USA, Malaysia, Mauritius, South Africa, Ireland, Fiji, Réunion, Trinidad and the UK among other countries around the world.