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Origins

Telugu originated from a hypothesized Proto-Dravidian language. It is a highly Sanskritized language. As Telugu savant C.P Brown states in page 266 of his book "A Grammar of the Telugu language": "if we ever make any real progress in the language the student will require the aid of the Sanskrit Dictionary" [1].

I added Valid reference. Earlier someone wrote that Telugu is Tamilized language and also misrepresented the reference which is wrong. Telugu is highly sanskritized language and its a universal fact. Please I request Tamilians to stop this propaganda. Just be happy yourselves for a change. Stop your propaganda with other languages which are not even close to Tamil.

Telugu belongs to Central Dravidian Group not Tamil. It has more sanskrit influence than Tamil — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.0.112.76 (talk • contribs)

Another question here...Is it another version of the statement victors write history? We know that an old language by name Tamil exists. We know that a new language by name Tamil exists. Malayalam split from the older Tamil language in 9th century. Is there any proof that current Tamil is the older Tamil or are they two languages with the same name? Is Malayalam the actual Tamil from which present Tamil is just a Tamil offshoot? Who knows... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.117.227.85 (talk) 17:02, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proto-Dravidian split

Could somebody add sources to this article, please? The article states that proto-Dravidian split up around 1500 BCE (though earlier dates are possible) while the article Dravidian languages gives the same piece information but with 500 BCE not 1500 BCE. I think the articles on Dravidology require a proper cleanup/verification process. Kkrystian (talk) 12:22, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  1. ^ Charles Philip Brown, A Grammar of the Telugu language, Kessinger Publishing, p. 266
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