EDIT Telugu is a syllabic alphabet of the abugida type, which means the consonants have an inherent vowel (a) unless otherwise indicated by diacritics. They are vowel signs that appear as prefixes, suffixes, above or below acharacter. Telugu has 34 consonants and 14 vowels.

Inscriptions in Telugu are known from the early 6th century, the earliest manuscripts date from about 1100. The literary language developed mainly between the 11th and the 15th century. Early classic writings are Telugu versions of the Sanskrit Legends about the gods, especially the Andhra Mahabharata from the 11th.
At the beginning of the 20th century, written and spoken Telugu were almost completely separated languages, and it took many years to create the modern Telugu script that is used today.

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Telugu is the script used to write the Dravidian language Telugu. The Dravidian languages are not related to the indoarabic languages. Telugu is spoken by the people in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and neighboring states. It is also spoken in Bahrain, Fiji, Malaysia, Mauritius, Singapore and the UAE.in southern India and northern Sri Lanka. It is spoken by more people than any other Dravidian language, by about 70 million people.

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