Preferred language name(s): Telugu
Language classification: Dravidian, South-Central, Telugu
Geographical areas where spoken: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
Approximate number of speakers: 79,000,000
Other languages spoken in the community: Hindi, Urdu
Official language(s) in your country: Hindi, English
Other language(s) in your country: Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam
Does your language have a widely accepted writing system?  Yes!
If yes, what materials are written? Everything!

Language Background
My vitality assessment

Safe

Inter-generational transmission:
All community members speak the language.
Absolute number of speakers:
>100000
Speaker number trends:
Almost all community members speak the language; speaker numbers are stable or increasing.
Domains of use of the language:
Used in government, mass media, education and the workplace; most speakers value their language education and literacy in the language are valued by most community members; government and other institutions support the language.

What have other sources said about your language?

	Reported # of speakers	Vitality Assessment
endangeredlanguages.com	n/a	n/a
ethnologue.com	79,244,300	2 (Provincial)
en.wikipedia.org	74,000,000	Safe