| 词条 | Telugu people |
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| group = Telugu people (తెలుగు ప్రజలు) | image = | image_caption = Telugu dancer of Kuchipudi, an ancient classical dance form native to Andhra Pradesh | population = {{Circa|81 million|lk=yes}}[1][1] | region1 = {{flag|India}} | pop1 = 81,127,740 (2011) | ref1 = [2] | region2 = Other | pop2 = See Telugu diaspora | langs = Telugu | religions = Predominantly: Hinduism Minority: {{hlist|JainismBuddhism Islam Christianity|}} | related = {{hlist|Kannadigas|Tamils|Chenchus|Gonds|Kurukh|Brahuis}} }}{{APhistory}} The Telugu people or Telugu vaaru, are a Dravidian ethnic group who speak Telugu as their native language and/or trace their ancestry to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. There is also a large significant Telugu population in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Telugu language is the third-most spoken language in India[3] and the fourth most in the Indian subcontinent, following Hindi, Bengali and Marathi. Language{{Main|Telugu language}}Telugu is a South-Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India, where it is an official language. Early inscriptions date from 575 AD and literary texts from the 11th century, written in a Telugu script adapted from the Bhattiprolu alphabet of the early inscriptions.{{cn|date=December 2017}} Culture{{Main|Culture of Andhra Pradesh}}{{Main|Culture of Telangana}}Literature{{Main|Telugu literature}}ArtsKuchipudi is a famous Classical Indian dance from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India.
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FestivalsImportant festivals celebrated by Telugu people include:
PopulationDistributionTelugu is the fourth most spoken language after Hindi in India.[3] Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are the principal resident states for Telugu people. Telugu people form the majority speakers in South India with over 71 million speakers in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. This is followed by 3.7 million in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu making them the second largest language groups in those neighboring states.[4]
In Karnataka, Telugu people are predominantly found in the border districts with majority in Bangalore city. In Tamil Nadu, Telugu people who migrated during the Vijayanagara period have spread across several northern districts.
In Maharashtra the Telugu population is over 1.4 million, followed by 0.7 million in Orissa. Other states with significant populations include West Bengal and Chhattisgarh with 200,000 and 150,000 respectively.[4] The overseas Telugu diaspora numbers more than 800,000 in the United States, with the highest concentration in Central New Jersey.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} Notable Telugu people{{main|List of Telugu people}}See also
References1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/tel |title=Telugu population figure worldwide|date=August 2008 |publisher=Ethnologue |access-date=}} 2. ^1 {{cite web|title=Scheduled Languages in descending order of speaker's strength - 2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language-2011/Statement-1.pdf|publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}} 3. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Nearly-60-of-Indians-speak-a-language-other-than-Hindi/articleshow/36922157.cms|title=Nearly 60% of Indians speak a language other than Hindi|work=The Times of India}} 4. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-04-15/chennai/27759074_1_telugus-punjabis-bengalis |title=Kannadigas outnumber Malayalis 2:1 in Tamil Nadu |work=The Times of India |date=2008-04-15 |accessdate=2018-03-06}} External links{{commons category|Telugu people|position=right}}
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