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Telugu, Andhra Pradesh History & Facts: 

 is a Dravidian language primarily spoken in the Indian state of (Capital  city of ), where it is the official language. Currently Telugu Ranks most spoken language in the world. It is the Dravidian language with the largest number of speakers (including non-native speakers), the third most spoken lanugage in India after Hindi and Bengali. 

 

In addition, it is also spoken among a dispora population in the USA, Malaysia, Mauritius, South Africa, Ireland, Fiji, Trinidad and UK among other countries in the world. Telugu is on of the most used languages in Carnatic music, the classical music of South India. It's a written language with well developed writing system, vocabulary and grammar. It was also called "the Italian of the East" by  as all words in Telugu end with a vowel sound.

 

The people in the state were originally believed to be . However, some theories suggest that they were Aryans by origin who moved south of the Vindhyas, and eventually mixed with the non-Aryans.

 

One can find people of different faiths here - Hindus, Christians, Buddhists and Muslims. The principal language of state is Telugu, although Urdu is also spoken in and around greater Hyderabad and Telengana region. Andhra Pradesh is called home to Bidri metal craft, Nirmal toys, famous Hyderabadi pearls, rubys, emeralds, & bangles, Pochampalli, Gadwal and Venkatagiri silk and cotton Sarees, Chari woodwork of Warangal, Himroo fabric, colorful puppets, banginipalli mangoes, etc. Kuchipudi one of the four classical dance forms of natya shastra, owes its name and existence to a small village on the Krishna belt in Andhra Pradesh called Kuchipudi.  

 

Andhra Pradesh is known for famous , , ,,  ,, , , etc.

 

Andhra Pradesh  is also made home to eminent  , , , ,,  , , , etc.

 
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