Argued that `Telugu' was a corruption of `Trilinga' (Sanskrit meaning three `lingas') Draksharamam (East Godavari district), Kaleswaram (Karimnagar district) and Srisailam (Kurnool district).

80 million people all over the world speak Telugu

Telugu is not born from Tamil (as many argue).

In Ramayana there is a mention about telugu language. So, the language is much older than we think/know.

19th century Englishmen called it the "Italian of the East".

All words in Telugu end with a vowel sound.

Telugu is also spoken in Bahrain, Fiji, Malaysia, Mauritius and United Arab Emirates (apart from obvious western countries).