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Telugu diaspora

తెలుగు ప్రవాసులు
Telugu Thalli, the personification of Telugu language
Total population
c. 4 million
United States	12,39,000
Saudi Arabia	383,000
Myanmar	200,000
Malaysia	500,000
Australia	59,400
Canada	54,685
Bangladesh	40,000
Singapore	c. 40,000
Fiji	35,000
United Kingdom	33,000
Mauritius	20,000
Bahrain	18,700
Oman	13,300
New Zealand	5,754
South Africa	5,000
Sri Lanka	c. 4,000
Languages
Telugu English vernacular languages of other countries in the diaspora
Religion
Hinduism, Christianity, Islam
Related ethnic groups
Telugu people

The Telugu Diaspora refers to Telugu people who live outside their homeland of Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. They are predominantly found in North America, Europe, Australia, Caribbean, Gulf, Africa and other regions around the world. There are also few Telugus from other Indian states such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Maharashtra, who live outside India. Telugus of Andhra Pradesh origin, living outside India are often referred as Non-resident Andhras (NRA). After the bifurcation of the United Andhra Pradesh, these are popularly referred as Non-resident Telugus.

The Telugu Boom

The Telugu Boom refers to the migration of a large number of Telugu speaking people from the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to the United States of America from late 80s largely consisting of the migration of students and Information Technology workers which continues to the present day. As of 2017, as per Katherine Hadda, American Consulate general in Hyderabad, one in every four Indians going to USA is a Telugu person.

Background

With the onset of IT revolution in the late 1980s and 1990s coupled with high unemployment and corruption led more families to send their undergraduate children for higher studies to universities of developed countries on better job prospects. This was also supported with F1 visa program of USA and similar programs of other countries such as Canada and UK. The Y2K problem and Indian government's Software Technology Park initiative also helped many small companies to set up shops in Hyderabad that helped prospective employees to use H-1B Visa program.

Effects of the Migration on the society of Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Bank and State Bank of Hyderabad predominantly regional banks of the state of AP have reported rise in Non Resident Indian deposits over the last decade.

See also

• Telugu Americans
• Telugu people
• Andhra Pradesh
• Telangana
• Telugu Language
• Telugu language policy
• Malaysian Telugu
• Ahikuntaka

References

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External links

• Telangana NRI Association TeNA
• North American Telugu Association NATA
• List of Telugu Associations Worldwide
• Andhra Pradesh Non-Resident Telugu Society

v t e Indian diaspora
Africa	Southeast Kenya Madagascar Mauritius Bihari Tamil Mozambique Réunion (Malbars) Seychelles Tamil Tanzania Uganda Zambia Elsewhere Botswana Egypt Ghana South Africa (Tamil) Zimbabwe
Americas	Caribbean Barbados Belize Dominican Republic Grenada Guadeloupe Guyana Haiti (Marabou) Jamaica Martinique Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago U.S. Virgin Islands Latin America Argentina Brazil Chile French Guiana Mexico Panama Peru Uruguay Venezuela Anglo-America Canada Anglo-Indian Punjabi Sindhi Tamil British Columbia Vancouver Toronto United States by location Bengali Indo-Caribbean Gujarati Punjabi Punjabi Mexican Sindhi Tamil Telugu
Asia	South Afghanistan Punjabi Bangladesh Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka Bharatha Chetty Tamil Telugu Southeast Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Klingalese Mardijker Tamil Malaysia Chitty Gujarati Jawi Peranakan Malayali Punjabi Tamil Telugu Penang Sabah Sarawak Myanmar Mizo Tamil Philippines Singapore Chitty Tamil Thailand Vietnam East China Hong Kong Japan Korea Taiwan West Bahrain Iran Israel Jews Kuwait Lebanon Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Turkey United Arab Emirates
Europe	Eastern Poland Russia Northern Finland Sweden Southern Cyprus Italy Tamil Malta Portugal Spain Western France Tamil Germany Tamil Ireland Netherlands Switzerland Tamil United Kingdom London Indo-Caribbean Gujarati Punjabi Sindhi Tamil
Oceania	Australia Malayali Punjabi Tamil Sindhi Fiji Gujarati South Indian New Caledonia New Zealand Maori-Indian Punjabi Tamil
See also	Ethnic diasporas Bengali Hindu Gujarati Kashmiri Mirpuri Mizo Odia Punjabi (Sikhs) Romani Sindhi South Indians Malayalis In the Gulf Tamils Telugus Anglo-Indian Chindians Other related articles South Asian diaspora Desi Little India Non-Resident Indian Award Non-Resident Indian Day
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