Fidaa opted away from using a Dravidian language.
Telugu -LRB- -LSB- langpronˈtɛlᵿɡuː -RSB- telugu , -LSB- teluɡu -RSB- -RRB- is a Dravidian language native to India .. India. India. Dravidian language. Dravidian language. It stands alongside Hindi , English , and Bengali as one of the few languages with official status in more than one Indian state ; it is the primary language in the states of Andhra Pradesh , Telangana , and in the town of Yanam , Puducherry .. Andhra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh. Telangana. Telangana. Yanam. Yanam. Puducherry. Puducherry. Hindi. Hindi. English. Indian English. Bengali. Bengali language. Indian state. states and union territories of India. It is also spoken by significant minorities in Karnataka , Tamil Nadu , Maharashtra , Chhattisgarh , Odisha , the Andaman and Nicobar Islands , and by the Sri Lankan Gypsy people .. Karnataka. Karnataka. Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu. Maharashtra. Maharashtra. Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh. Odisha. Odisha. Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Sri Lankan Gypsy people. Sri Lankan Gypsy people. It is one of six languages designated a classical language of India by the Government of India .. India. India. classical language of India. Languages of India#Classical. Telugu ranks third by the number of native speakers in India -LRB- 74 million , 2001 census -RRB- , fifteenth in the Ethnologue list of most-spoken languages worldwide and is the most widely spoken Dravidian language .. India. India. Dravidian language. Dravidian language. native speakers in India. List of languages by number of native speakers in India. It is one of the twenty-two scheduled languages of the Republic of India .. India. India. scheduled languages of the Republic of India. languages with official status in India#Eighth Schedule to the Constitution. In loans from Sanskrit , Telugu retains features , especially in the pronunciation of some vowels and consonants , that have subsequently been lost in some of Sanskrit 's daughter languages , including Hindi and Bengali .. Hindi. Hindi. Bengali. Bengali language. Sanskrit. Sanskrit. Approximately 10,000 inscriptions exist in the Telugu language .