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	=== Telugu region boundaries ===		=== Telugu region boundaries ===
	Andhra is characterised as having its own mother tongue, and its territory has been equated with the extent of the Telugu language. The equivalence between the Telugu linguistic sphere and the geographical boundaries of Andhra is also brought out in an eleventh-century description of Andhra boundaries. Andhra, according to this text, was bounded in north by Mahendra mountain in the modern [[Ganjam district]] in [[Odisha]] and to the south by [[Srikalahasteeswara temple]] in [[Tirupati district]].<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Talbot \|first=Cynthia \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfAKljlCJq0C&pg=PA36 \|title=Precolonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra \|date=2001-09-20 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|isbn=978-0-19-803123-9 \|page=36 \|language=en}}</ref> However, [[Andhra]] extended westwards as far as [[Srisailam]] in [[Nandyal district]], about halfway across the modern state.<ref name = a>{{cite book \|first=Cynthia \|last=Talbot \|title=Precolonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfAKljlCJq0C&pg=PA34 \|date=20 September 2001 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|isbn=978-0-19-803123-9 \|pages=34– \|access-date=17 May 2017 \|archive-date=13 October 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013131430/https://books.google.com/books?id=pfAKljlCJq0C&pg=PA34 \|url-status=live}}</ref> According to other sources in the early sixteenth century, the northern boundary is [[Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha temple, Simhachalam\|Simhachalam]] and the southern limit is [[Tirumala]] of the Telugu ~~ation~~.<ref name = b>{{cite book\|author1=Velcheru Narayana Rao\|first2=David\|last2=Shulman\|title=Classical Telugu Poetry: An Anthology\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r8UkDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA6\|year=2002\|publisher=Univ of California Press\|isbn=978-0-520-22598-5\|pages=6–\|access-date=17 May 2017\|archive-date=13 October 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013131434/https://books.google.com/books?id=r8UkDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA6\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name= c>{{cite book\|title=International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics: IJDL.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_XVkAAAAMAAJ\|year=2004\|publisher=Department of Linguistics, University of Kerala.\|access-date=17 May 2017\|archive-date=13 October 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013131430/https://books.google.com/books?id=_XVkAAAAMAAJ\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name= d>{{cite book\|first=Ajay K.\|last=Rao\|title=Re-figuring the Ramayana as Theology: A History of Reception in Premodern India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OUyvBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA37\|date=3 October 2014\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-134-07735-9\|pages=37–\|access-date=17 May 2017\|archive-date=13 October 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013131431/https://books.google.com/books?id=OUyvBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA37\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name = e>{{cite book\|author=S. Krishnaswami Aiyangar\|title=Evolution of Hindu Administrative Institutions in South India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6jRR9yu-u4kC&pg=PA6\|year=1994\|publisher=Asian Educational Services\|isbn=978-81-206-0966-2\|pages=6–\|access-date=17 May 2017\|archive-date=13 October 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013131434/https://books.google.com/books?id=6jRR9yu-u4kC&pg=PA6\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name= f>{{cite book\|first=Cynthia\|last=Talbot\|title=Precolonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HSfoCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA195\|year=2001\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|isbn=978-0-19-513661-6\|pages=195–\|access-date=17 May 2017\|archive-date=13 October 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013131942/https://books.google.com/books?id=HSfoCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA195\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=g>{{cite book\|first=Sambaiah\|last=Gundimeda\|title=Dalit Politics in Contemporary India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WqXbCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT205\|date=14 October 2015\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-317-38104-4\|pages=205–}}</ref>		Andhra is characterised as having its own mother tongue, and its territory has been equated with the extent of the Telugu language. The equivalence between the Telugu linguistic sphere and the geographical boundaries of Andhra is also brought out in an eleventh-century description of Andhra boundaries. Andhra, according to this text, was bounded in north by Mahendra mountain in the modern [[Ganjam district]] in [[Odisha]] and to the south by [[Srikalahasteeswara temple]] in [[Tirupati district]].<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Talbot \|first=Cynthia \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfAKljlCJq0C&pg=PA36 \|title=Precolonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra \|date=2001-09-20 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|isbn=978-0-19-803123-9 \|page=36 \|language=en}}</ref> However, [[Andhra]] extended westwards as far as [[Srisailam]] in [[Nandyal district]], about halfway across the modern state.<ref name = a>{{cite book \|first=Cynthia \|last=Talbot \|title=Precolonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfAKljlCJq0C&pg=PA34 \|date=20 September 2001 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|isbn=978-0-19-803123-9 \|pages=34– \|access-date=17 May 2017 \|archive-date=13 October 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013131430/https://books.google.com/books?id=pfAKljlCJq0C&pg=PA34 \|url-status=live}}</ref> According to other sources in the early sixteenth century, the northern boundary is [[Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha temple, Simhachalam\|Simhachalam]] and the southern limit is [[Tirumala]] of the Telugu nation.<ref name = b>{{cite book\|author1=Velcheru Narayana Rao\|first2=David\|last2=Shulman\|title=Classical Telugu Poetry: An Anthology\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r8UkDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA6\|year=2002\|publisher=Univ of California Press\|isbn=978-0-520-22598-5\|pages=6–\|access-date=17 May 2017\|archive-date=13 October 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013131434/https://books.google.com/books?id=r8UkDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA6\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name= c>{{cite book\|title=International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics: IJDL.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_XVkAAAAMAAJ\|year=2004\|publisher=Department of Linguistics, University of Kerala.\|access-date=17 May 2017\|archive-date=13 October 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013131430/https://books.google.com/books?id=_XVkAAAAMAAJ\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name= d>{{cite book\|first=Ajay K.\|last=Rao\|title=Re-figuring the Ramayana as Theology: A History of Reception in Premodern India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OUyvBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA37\|date=3 October 2014\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-134-07735-9\|pages=37–\|access-date=17 May 2017\|archive-date=13 October 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013131431/https://books.google.com/books?id=OUyvBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA37\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name = e>{{cite book\|author=S. Krishnaswami Aiyangar\|title=Evolution of Hindu Administrative Institutions in South India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6jRR9yu-u4kC&pg=PA6\|year=1994\|publisher=Asian Educational Services\|isbn=978-81-206-0966-2\|pages=6–\|access-date=17 May 2017\|archive-date=13 October 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013131434/https://books.google.com/books?id=6jRR9yu-u4kC&pg=PA6\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name= f>{{cite book\|first=Cynthia\|last=Talbot\|title=Precolonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HSfoCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA195\|year=2001\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|isbn=978-0-19-513661-6\|pages=195–\|access-date=17 May 2017\|archive-date=13 October 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013131942/https://books.google.com/books?id=HSfoCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA195\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=g>{{cite book\|first=Sambaiah\|last=Gundimeda\|title=Dalit Politics in Contemporary India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WqXbCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT205\|date=14 October 2015\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-317-38104-4\|pages=205–}}</ref>

	=== Telugu Place Names ===		=== Telugu Place Names ===
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	== Phonology ==		== Phonology ==
	[[File:WIKITONGUES- Naren speaking Telugu.webm\|thumb\|A man speaking Telugu.]]		[[File:WIKITONGUES- Naren speaking Telugu.webm\|thumb\|A man speaking Telugu.]]The Roman transliteration used for transcribing the Telugu script is the [[National Library at Kolkata romanisation]].
	[[~~File:WIKITONGUES- Manjusha speaking Telugu.webm\|thumb\|A woman speaking Telugu.~~]]

	~~The Roman transliteration used for transcribing the Telugu script is the [[National Library at Kolkata romanisation]].~~		Telugu words generally end in vowels. In Classical Telugu, this was absolute; in the modern language ''m, n, y, w'' may end a word. Sanskrit loans have introduced aspirated and murmured consonants in the literary register while their occurrence in colloquial dialects remains minimal.

	Telugu words generally end in vowels. In Classical Telugu, this was absolute; in the modern language ''m, n, y, w'' may end a word. Sanskrit loans have introduced aspirated and murmured consonants ~~as well~~.

	Telugu does not have [[contrastive stress]], and speakers vary on where they perceive stress. Most place it on the penultimate or final syllable, depending on word and vowel length.<ref>Lisker and Krishnamurti (1991), "Lexical stress in a 'stressless' language: judgments by Telugu- and English-speaking linguists." ''Proceedings of the XII International Congress of Phonetic Sciences'' (Université de Provence), 2:90–93.</ref>		Telugu does not have [[contrastive stress]], and speakers vary on where they perceive stress. Most place it on the penultimate or final syllable, depending on word and vowel length.<ref>Lisker and Krishnamurti (1991), "Lexical stress in a 'stressless' language: judgments by Telugu- and English-speaking linguists." ''Proceedings of the XII International Congress of Phonetic Sciences'' (Université de Provence), 2:90–93.</ref>

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	== See also ==		== See also ==
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	* [[Telugu grammar]]		* [[Telugu grammar]]
	* [[Telugu Language Day]]		* [[Telugu Language Day]]

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