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As someone who speaks Telugu as their first language, I am ashamed to admit I don't know how to write numbers in Telugu, let alone the fractions. Though I had l
by nagVenkat 9y ago
As someone who speaks Telugu as their first language, I am ashamed to admit I don't know how to write numbers in Telugu, let alone the fractions. Though I had learnt how to read and write Telugu, even in school, one is never taught how to write numerals in Telugu. But I am glad people are still working on it. It's an amazing language where most of the words end in vowles and I feel it doesn't get enough interest from the Telugu community.
- naravara 9y agoAs a native speaker, taking a class is mind-blowing. Sadly I had to move out of town after 3 classes, but I had no idea how sophisticated and well structured the formal language was. The colloquial form we speak at home doesn't do it any justice.
- redditmigrant 9y ago>The colloquial form we speak at home doesn't do it any justice. In a certain sense the spoken form of a language is its true form. The written form are rules that get frozen at an artificially defined moment in time, but the spoken language keeps evolving. Another way to look at this is that writing systems are a relatively new phenomena for humans. In terms of time scale, if you consider that spoken language has been around for 24 hours, writing has only existed since about 11ish pm.
- pavanky 9y agoThe written form is also heavily sanskritized. The spoken form of Telugu is closer to other south Indian Languages.
- lonesword 9y agoThe same can be said of Malayalam. There's a number system, but nobody uses it anymore. " even in school, one is never taught how to write numerals in Telugu" Would if have had any practical uses? At the end of the day, everyone uses the arabic symbols.