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Telugu is a Dravidian language native to India. It stands alongside Hindi, English, and Bengali as one of the few languages with official status in more than one Indian state; Telugu is the primary language in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and in the town of Yanam, Puducherry, and is also spoken by significant minorities in Karnataka (8.81%), Tamil Nadu (8.63%), Maharashtra (1.4%), Chhattisgarh (1%), Odisha (1.9%), the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (12.9%), and by the Sri Lankan Gypsy people. It is one of six languages designated a classical language of India by the Government of India.

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

The speakers of the language call it "Telugu". The older forms of the name include "Telungu", "Tenungu" and "Telinga".

The etymology of Telugu is not certain. Some historical scholars have suggested a derivation from Sanskrit "trilingam", as in "Trilinga Desa", "the country of the three lingas".

1. What language is this about
2. Where does it come from
3. Does it have status in more than one state
4. which ones
5. what towns
6. how many languages were considered a classical language
7. who designated them
8. what does it rank in India
9. how many people are in india
10. how far down the list is it for most spoken languages
11. how many inscriptions exist
12. what is an older form of the language
13. do we know for sure where the language comes from

Numbered answers:
1. Telugu
2. India
3. Yes
4. Andhra Pradesh
5. Yanam
6. six languages
7. Government of India
8. third
9. 74million
10. fifteenth
11. 10,000
12. Telungu
13. NO