About Tamil Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Tamil Language is spoken in India and is a part of the Dravidian language family. It is the official language of Tamil Nadu state, Srilanka, and even Singapore. There are a lot of speakers of Tamil in Malaysia, Mauritius, Fiji, and South Africa. It was in 2004 when Tamil was declared as the official language in India. This language has an independent and distinctive nature. It is strongly inspired by ancient literature. More than 66 million people speak Tamil. Just like many other Dravidian languages, Tamil features a series of consonants. There are a lot of Tamil dialects but they are very much different from one another. They all have gone through different phonological changes. Some dialects are more similar to the Old Tamil while others resemble the modern Tamil. Most of them don’t have any difference in vocabulary but there can be some exceptions at times.
About Telugu Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Telugu is spoken by the Telugu people and is a part of the Dravidian language family. The native speakers are 83 million in number and they reside mainly in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telugu is also the official language of West Bengal, Yanam district of Puducherry. This language is spoken by a minority in the states of Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, and Andaman. It is one of the six most prominent languages in India. Telugu is also popularly known as Andhramu (ఆంధ్రము). Interestingly it is ranked number fourth due to a lot of native speakers. There are three different dialects of Telugu. However, the Coastal dialect is the most prominent that is spoken in Andhra Pradesh. If we talk about the Rayalaseema dialect it is spoken in the state of Telangana. Other dialects of Telugu are Berad, Dasari, Dommara, Golari, Kamathi, and a lot more.
