તેલુગુ ભાષા: આવૃત્તિઓ વચ્ચેનો તફાવત

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૨૦૧૧ ની વસ્તી ગણતરી અનુસાર તેલુગુ ભારતમાં ચોથી સૌથી વધુ બોલાતી ભાષા છે<ref name="censusindia.gov.in">{{Cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement1.htm|title=Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues – 2000|website=Census of India, 2001|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190612/http://censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement1.htm|archivedate=29 October 2013}}</ref> અને વિશ્વમાં પંદરમી સૌથી વધુ બોલાતી ભાષા છે.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.visualcapitalist.com/a-world-of-languages/|title=Infographic: A World of Languages|accessdate=2 June 2018}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/statistics/size|title=Summary by language size|website=Ethnologue}}</ref> તે દ્રવિડિયન ભાષા પરિવારનો સૌથી વ્યાપક સભ્ય છે. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dravidian-languages|title=Dravidian languages|website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> ભારતીય પ્રજાસત્તાકની બાવીસ નિર્ધારિત ભાષાઓમાંની તે એક છે . <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement1.htm|title=PART A Languages specified in the Eighth Schedule (Scheduled Languages)|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190612/http://censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement1.htm|archivedate=2013-10-29}}</ref> તે યુ. એસ. એ ની સૌથી ઝડપથી વિકસતી ભાષા પણ છે. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uberant.com/article/620524-how-to-become-an-english-to-telugu-translator|title=How to Become an English to Telugu translator?|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029225118/https://uberant.com/article/620524-how-to-become-an-english-to-telugu-translator|archivedate=2019-10-29}}</ref> તેલુગુ ભાષામાં આશરે ૧૦,૦૦૦ પૂર્વ-વસાહતી શિલાલેખો લખવામાં આવ્યા છે. <ref name="Morrison 1997 218">{{Cite journal|last=Morrison|first=Kathleen D.|last2=Lycett|first2=Mark T.|year=1997|title=Inscriptions as Artifacts: Precolonial South India and the Analysis of Texts|url=https://instructure-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/account_11160000000081823/attachments/42567515/Morrison%20and%20Lycett%201997_Inscriptions%20as%20Artifacts%20in%20Vijayanagara.pdf?response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3D%22Morrison%20and%20Lycett%201997_Inscriptions%20as%20Artifacts%20in%20Vijayanagara.pdf%22%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27Morrison%2520and%2520Lycett%25201997%255FInscriptions%2520as%2520Artifacts%2520in%2520Vijayanagara.pdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAJFNFXH2V2O7RPCAA%2F20170219%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20170219T040950Z&X-Amz-Expires=86400&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=169465afbba6ed9475c43780668095b81c9b8a8ff3b01b54af9aeeb7919a3326|journal=Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory|publisher=Springer|volume=4|issue=3/4|page=218|doi=10.1007/BF02428062|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219180727/https://instructure-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/account_11160000000081823/attachments/42567515/Morrison%20and%20Lycett%201997_Inscriptions%20as%20Artifacts%20in%20Vijayanagara.pdf?response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3D%22Morrison%20and%20Lycett%201997_Inscriptions%20as%20Artifacts%20in%20Vijayanagara.pdf%22%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27Morrison%2520and%2520Lycett%25201997%255FInscriptions%2520as%2520Artifacts%2520in%2520Vijayanagara.pdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAJFNFXH2V2O7RPCAA%2F20170219%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20170219T040950Z&X-Amz-Expires=86400&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=169465afbba6ed9475c43780668095b81c9b8a8ff3b01b54af9aeeb7919a3326|archive-date=19 February 2017}}</ref>

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