Telangana Telugu, (Telangana slang or Telangana yaasa) often referred to as Hyderabadi Telugu () is a dialect of the

Telugu language Telugu (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language. Spoken by about 96 million people (2022), Telugu is the most widely spoken member of ...

. It has its own history, spoken mostly in the Indian state of

Telangana Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...

. This dialect, which is spoken in the

Hyderabad Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...

region, is highly influenced by

Hyderabadi Urdu Hyderabadi Urdu () is a variety of Dakhini Urdu, spoken in areas of the former Hyderabad State, corresponding to the Indian state of Telangana, the Marathwada region of Maharashtra and the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka. It is nati ...

, also called Dakhani or Deccani Urdu, at least in the vocabulary.

Evolution

This dialect has traces from the establishment of

Delhi Sultanate The Delhi Sultanate or the Sultanate of Delhi was a Medieval India, late medieval empire primarily based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent for more than three centuries.

in around the 1300s. Later other Islam empires such as

Tughlaq dynasty The Tughlaq dynasty (also known as the Tughluq or Tughluk dynasty; ) was the third dynasty to rule over the Delhi Sultanate in medieval India. Its reign started in 1320 in Delhi when Ghazi Malik assumed the throne under the title of Ghiyath ...

, Malik Maqbul Tilangani,

Bahmani Sultanate The Bahmani Kingdom or the Bahmani Sultanate was a late medieval Persianate kingdom that ruled the Deccan plateau in India. The first independent Muslim sultanate of the Deccan, the Bahmani Kingdom came to power in 1347 during the rebellio ...

influenced the culture of the erstwhile Hyderabad and surrounding areas.

Qutb Shahi dynasty The Sultanate of Golconda (; ) was an early modern kingdom in southern India, ruled by the Persianate, Shia Islamic Qutb Shahi dynasty of Turkoman origin. After the decline of the Bahmani Sultanate, the Sultanate of Golconda was established ...

, established in 1518, played a key role in shaping the Hyderabadi Telugu. The empire was extended to smaller areas in present-day

Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

and

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. This made the introduction of

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and

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

languages in the region. One of the other major reasons for the evolution of the language is the influence of

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culture which preferred to speak

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languages.

Vocabulary

Unique words

A few words are unique to the Hyderabadi Telugu/Telangana dialect, predominantly spoken by every one of the region are given below.

Words borrowed from other languages

A few loanwords the Hyderabadi Telugu/Telangana dialect, predominantly spoken in Hyderabad region are given below.

Regional variants

There are regional variants in the dialect. The dialect spoken by local non-Telugu Hyderabadis is influenced by

. The dialect spoken in the interiors of Telangana has localized influences and varies with community. The border regions have mutual influence with languages on the other side of the border.

Influence

The Hyderabadi Telugu/Telangana slang has always influenced the culture of Telangana. The dialect became notable after the

Telangana state Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...

was formed. It became influential in

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, and other fields that are related to

, besides standard Telugu.

References

Sources

* {{citation , last = Zvelebil , first = Kamil , title = Dravidian Linguistics: An Introduction , publisher = Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture , year = 1990 , isbn = 978-81-8545-201-2

External links

History of Hyderabad Deccan
Telugu dialects Culture of Telangana Culture of Hyderabad, India Languages of Telangana