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Check the 'Region' section in main table.

In the region table, many places with significant/minor presence of Telugu speakers are included. It even sidelined Andhra Pradesh and Telangana which must be the actual regions. 2409:40F4:102C:A2D6:EC00:E3FF:FE57:500D (talk) 19:16, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Morphosyntax

"There are six word classes in Telugu: nominals (proper nouns, pronouns), verbs (actions or events), modifiers (adjectives, quantifiers, numerals), adverbs (modify the way in which actions or events unfold), and clitics."

I can only count five classes in this list: nominals, verbs, modifiers, adverbs, clitics.

Is the "six" wrong or has something been missed out? Hundovir (talk) 18:39, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 18 October 2024

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Change 'Telugu consonants' chart under Phonology to include palatal and velar nasals

Change 'Telugu consonants' chart under Phonology from using plain alveolar plosive IPA symbols to using dental plosive IPA symbols

Change

Telugu consonants
		Labial	Denti- alveolar		Retroflex	Post-alv./ Palatal	Velar	Glottal
		Labial	plain	sibilant	Retroflex	Post-alv./ Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m m	n n		ɳ ṇ
Stop/ Affricate	unaspirated	p p	t t	t͡s ts	ʈ ṭ	t͡ʃ c	k k
	voiced	b b	d d	d͡z dz	ɖ ḍ	d͡ʒ j	ɡ g
	aspirated*	pʰ ph	tʰ th		ʈʰ ṭh	t͡ʃʰ ch	kʰ kh
	breathy voiced*	bʱ bh	dʱ dh		ɖʱ ḍh	d͡ʒʱ jh	ɡʱ gh
Fricative*		f f		s s	ʂ ṣ	ʃ ś		h h
Approximant		ʋ v	l l		ɭ ḷ	j y
Tap			ɾ r

to

Telugu consonants
		Labial	Denti- alveolar		Retroflex	Post-alv./ Palatal	Velar	Glottal
		Labial	plain	sibilant	Retroflex	Post-alv./ Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m m	n n		ɳ ṇ	ɲ ñ	ŋ ṅ
Stop/ Affricate	unaspirated	p p	t̪ t	t͡s ts	ʈ ṭ	t͡ʃ c	k k
	voiced	b b	d̪ d	d͡z dz	ɖ ḍ	d͡ʒ j	ɡ g
	aspirated*	pʰ ph	t̪ʰ th		ʈʰ ṭh	t͡ʃʰ ch	kʰ kh
	breathy voiced*	bʱ bh	d̪ʱ dh		ɖʱ ḍh	d͡ʒʱ jh	ɡʱ gh
Fricative*		f f		s s	ʂ ṣ	ʃ ś		h h
Approximant		ʋ v	l l		ɭ ḷ	j y
Tap			ɾ r

{Thushar Reppale (talk) 21:20, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: The page's protection level has changed since this request was placed. You should now be able to edit the page yourself. If you still seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. Geardona (talk to me?) 15:47, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's now been re-protected. I don't know about this topic and I can't easily edit IPA characters, so simply re-activating until someone can figure out what to do. DMacks (talk) 12:46, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Thushar Reppale

Not done for now: I would prefer for you to have some sort of explanation or source for why this change is needed. Ultraodan (talk) 11:15, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Page protection

@DMacks (talk) Can this page be protected? There are multiple edits which tread into vandalism, removal of cited content, and POV-pushing edits. Examples: 1, 2, 3, 4. L5boat (talk) 06:56, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done and also another page that they seem to be plaguing. Thanks for the heads-up, sorry the problem keeps happening. DMacks (talk) 12:42, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. L5boat (talk) 14:56, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 2 January 2025

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Urdu language

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate.PianoDan (talk) 00:06, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]