Telugu
Also known as Telugu alphabet, Telu, Telugu script
writing system from the Brahmic family of scripts
Key facts
- Script type
- Abugida
- Period
- c. 1300 CE –present
- Direction
- Left-to-right
- Languages
- Telugu , Lambadi , Gondi , Koya , Konda , Sanskrit , Saurashtra
- Parent systems
- Egyptian Proto-Sinaitic Phoenician Aramaic Brahmi script Bhattiprolu script Telugu-Kannada script Telugu script
- Sister systems
- Kannada
- Iso 15924
- Telu (340) , Telugu
- Unicode alias
- Telugu
- Unicode range
- U+0C00–U+0C7F
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Telugu.svg
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Telugu script (Telugu: తెలుగు లిపి, romanized: Telugu lipi), an abugida from the Brahmic family of scripts, is used to write the Telugu language, a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as well as several other neighbouring states. It is one of the official scripts of the Indian Republic. The Telugu script is also widely used for writing Sanskrit texts and to some extent the Gondi language. It gained prominence during the Eastern Chalukyas also known as Vengi Chalukya era. It also shares extensive similarities with the Kannada script.
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