Yesterday (One day before the formation day of Andhra Pradesh), Telugu got Classical Language Status. The same day, Kannada also got Classical Language status. Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit, and Tamil already got Classical Language status.
Initially, to get the Classical Language status, the language should be of atleast 1000 years. But, after giving classical status to Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit, and Tamil, the time period is increased to 2000 years. After trying for almost 3 years, Telugu and Kannada got classical status.
Telugu was mentioned first time in 500 B.C., in Aithareya Brahmanam, which was around 2500 years back. At the time of British rule, on one rupee coin, it is mentioned in English and Telugu only. Indian National Congress thought of making Telugu as National Language. Freedom fighters like Dr.Pattabi Sitaramayya tried hard for that. But, later congress selected Hindi as the National Language.
After Hindi, Telugu is the most spoken language in India. Telugu is spoken by more than 15 crore people. Around 8 crore people in Andhra Pradesh, and 2.8 crore in Tamilnadu speak Telugu.
After Telugu got classical language status, Tanikella Bharani wrote the following poem. 
Ottu! Naakanipisthondi ....
Nannayya okkasari ammayya anukunnattu ....
peddana thambulamlo 'telugu vakka palukulu' vesukunnattu ....
Srinathudu kanakabhishekam chesochchi telugu thalli padhalu muttukunnattu ....
Sri Sri Gatuga rendu dhammulu laginattu ....
Chalam gaddanni savarinchukunnattu .....
Iha ... Vishwanatha! Mana bhashaki ohallichedhemit hodha! Ani garjinchinattu ....
Oka sanathana parimalam avarinchi telugu nela pulakarinchinattu ....
E Santhosha sambramamlo na kallu chemarinattu ....
Pranthiya Bhedhalu marachi telugollantha kalasikattuga cheyyeththi jaikottinattu ....
Ottu! Naakanipisthondi ....
- mee Thanikella Bharani
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Telugu gets Classical Language Status
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"Indian National Congress thought of making Telugu as National Language"
ReplyDeleteAny reference for this?
After telugu got classical status, media took opinions from many telugu scholars. At that time, senior poet in telugu, Veturi Sundararama Murthy told this. Probably, life history of Pattabhi Seetaramayya may give more information about this. I don't have any other reference.
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Second largest speaking language in India is Bengali. Telugu is the third one - please refer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_languages_by_total_speakers
ReplyDeleteTelugu is second highest spoken in india..bangla is spoken in bangladesh & bengali..but here we consider only in india!!
ReplyDeletewhen you dont have the proper knowledge facts and figure please donot comment, its really very annoying that u donot know large number of people in India speaks bengali.
DeleteBengali spoken by the number of people in India is more than than that of Telugu. See the census report.
ReplyDeletetelugu is the 2nd largest spoken langauge in india...which is also spoken by some people in tamil nadu,karnataka,maharahtara,orissa,chattisgarh..
ReplyDeletetelugu people are widely spread around tamil nadu,karnataka & orissa..while they are some people staying in border regions like andhra-maharashtra,andhra-chattisgarh...so obviously telugu will be the second largest one in india as
ReplyDeleteAP is surrouded by 5 states..