Today as I was going through some videos on You Tube, by chance I came across a Video on Telugu saying that new facts are uncovered on it. I always have a suspicion on YouTube videos and feel they represent more of opinions on such issues than fact. So, I checked on the net and found it is true. There are some interesting facts about Telugu which I want to mention here.
Recent breakthroughs in population genetics and genomic sequencing have revealed a highly unique, ancient, and rich ancestral makeup for Telugu.
Major studies on Indian DNA including extensive analysis by the University of California at Berkeley reveal the genetic profile of the Telugu population.
There are 3 primary ancestral sources for Telugu DNA.
1. Ancient Ancestral South Indian- dates back to more than 50,000 years.
2. Indus Valley Civilization allied ancestry-around 5000-4000 years ago the Indus Valley people mixed heavily with the above stream...and formed the Ancestral South Indian profile.
3. Ancestral North Indian- profiles show that Telugu groups carry minor to moderate amounts of Ancestral North Indian ancestry.
Linguistically Telugu is an independent Dravidian language that split from Proto Dravidian around 1000 BC.
Historical linguists classify it under the South Dravidian II/Central Dravidian branch ..it is close to Tamil and Kannada.
The earliest physical evidence of Telugu words date back to Prakrit( script) inscriptions dating back to 400 BC to 257 BC
Telugu is spoken by over 8 crore native speakers and is the most widely spoken Dravidian language and the 4th most spoken after Hindi, Bengali and Marathi.
In his inscriptions Ashoka mentioned Andhra Bhrityulu which means Andhra vassals.
The Andhras were first mentioned in the Aitareya Brahmana of Rigveda dating to around 700-800 BC.
The Brahmana says that the Andhras were a non Aryan/Dasyu tribe who were exiled from Northern India near the Yamuna river, and they crossed the Vindhya range and migrated into the Southern Deccan. Andhras also appear in the Mahabharata and Ramayana. In the Mahabharata it is narrated that Andhras fought on the side of the Kauravas
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