Langenesis

Dravidian family

Old Telugu

c. 575 CE – 1100 CE Extinct

Old Telugu (c. 575 CE – 1100 CE) is an extinct Dravidian language. It has 1 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Dravidian → Proto-South-Central Dravidian → Old Telugu.

See Old Telugu on the interactive map

Earliest full Telugu inscriptions date to ~575 CE; the stage ends with the literary standard set by Nannaya's Mahabharata (11th century).

Lineage

  1. Proto-Dravidianc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-South-Central Dravidianc. 1,100 BCE – 0 CE
  3. Old Teluguc. 575 CE – 1100 CE

Descendants 1

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-South-Central Dravidian.

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