Telugu
తెలుగు లిపిSample Characters
First 48 characters from Telugu (U+0C00–U+0C7F)
About Telugu
The Telugu script is an abugida used to write the Telugu language, the most widely spoken Dravidian language. Telugu is sometimes called the 'Italian of the East' for the prevalence of vowel endings, which give it a musical quality.
Telugu script is written left-to-right and shares the rounded style typical of South Indian scripts. It evolved from the Brahmi script through the Kadamba and Vengi Chalukya scripts. The script is also used to write Sanskrit in the Telugu region and for the minority Gondi and Saurashtra languages.
Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.
Script Family & Lineage
Languages Using Telugu 4
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Key Facts
- ISO Code
- Telu
- ISO Number
- 340
- Script Type
- Abugida
- Direction
- Left-to-right
- Status
- Living
- Region
- South Asian
- Characters
- 101
- Introduced
- 1100 CE
- Languages
- 4
- Total Speakers
- ~95M
Unicode Ranges
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TeluguU+0C00–U+0C7F
Script Properties
- Has Case
- No
- Cursive
- No
- Vowels
- inherent