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Telugu script, an abugida from the Brahmic family of scripts, is used to write the Telugu language, a language found in the South-Central Indian state of Andhra Pradesh as well as several other neighboring states. The Telugu script is derived from the Bhattiprolu script. It gained prominence during Vengi Chalukyan era.
The Brahmi script used by Mauryan kings eventually reached Krishna River delta and gave rise to Bhattiprolu script found on the urn containing Buddha's relics.Buddhism spread to east Asia from the nearby ports of Ghantasala and Masulipatnam (ancient Maisolos of Ptolemy and Masalia of Periplus). The Bhattiprolu Brahmi script evolved into the Telugu script by 5th century C.E.
The Muslim historian and scholar Al-Biruni called the Telugu language and script Andhri.
Telugu uses Sixteen vowels, each of which has both an independent form and a diacritic form used with consonants to create syllables. It is important to note that this language does make a distinction between short and long vowels.