Sri Lankan Gypsy Telugu

Telugu
తెలుగు
Pronunciation	IPA: [t̪el̪uɡu]
Native to	India
Region	Andhra Pradesh (Coastal Andhra & Rayalaseema), Telangana, & Yanam(territories of Puducherry)
Ethnicity	Telugu people
Native speakers	74 million (2001) 5 million L2 speakers in India (2001)
Language family	Dravidian Southern South-Central Telugu languages Telugu
Writing system	Telugu alphabet Telugu Braille
Official status
Official language in	India Spoken in these States and union territories of India: Andhra Pradesh Telangana Yanam
Language codes
ISO 639-1	te
ISO 639-2	tel
ISO 639-3
Glottolog	telu1262  Telugu oldt1249  Old Telugu
Linguasphere	49-DBA-aa
Telugu is native to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
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 India

Spoken in these States and union territories of India:

Telugu (English: /ˈtɛlʊɡuː/;తెలుగు [t̪el̪uɡu]) is a South-central Dravidian language native to India. It stands alongside Hindi, English and Bengali as one of the few languages with official primary language status in more than one Indian state; Telugu is the primary language in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and the union territory of Puducherry. There are also significant linguistic minorities in neighbouring states. It is one of six languages designated a classical language of India by the country's government.

Telugu ranks third among the most number of native speakers in India (74 million, 2001 census), and sixteenth in the Ethnologue list of most-spoken languages worldwide. It is one of the twenty-two scheduled languages of the Republic of India. Roughly 10,000 pre-colonial inscriptions exist in the Telugu language.