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MULTILINGUALISM IN CHITTOOR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

    1 Author(s):  DR. CHIGICHERLA THIRUPAL REDDY

Vol -  5, Issue- 9 ,         Page(s) : 12 - 17  (2014 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Languages belonging to four language families such as Indo - Aryan, Astro - Asiatic (Munda), Dravidian and Tibeto - Burman are spoken in our country. Among them Dravidian, the second largest spoken language family of the Indian subcontinent is mainly spoken in South Indian states - Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamilnadu and Telangana. The word ‘Dravidian’ from Sanskrit adjectival term dravida- was first used by Robert Caldwell. There are about 26 Dravidian languages (The Dravidian Languages Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, 2003) as mentioned by various scholars. Among these only four literary languages namely Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam are well civilized and are recognized by our Indian constitution. The Dravidian languages are classified into three subgroups while Telugu is considered as South Central Dravidian language.

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4. Prof. D. Chenga Reddy, 1981, ‘A Sociolinguistic Study of the Place-Names of Chittoor District’     unpublished Ph.D. Thesis submitted to Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati.

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