Category:Telugu terms by usage

Telugu terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Telugu terms with archaic senses: Telugu terms with individual senses that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature, sometimes still used for special effect, and typically recognized by native speakers.
• Category:Telugu childish terms: Telugu terms that are typically only used by, or to, children.
• Category:Telugu colloquialisms: Telugu terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Telugu dated terms: Telugu terms that are no longer fashionable and thus are anachronistic, but still sometimes in use, especially by older speakers.
• Category:Telugu dialectal terms: Telugu terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Telugu formal terms: Telugu terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:Telugu higher register terms: Telugu terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Telugu informal terms: Telugu terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Telugu nonstandard terms: Telugu terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Telugu terms with obsolete senses: Telugu terms with individual senses that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Telugu obsolete terms: Telugu terms that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Telugu poetic terms: Telugu terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Telugu terms with rare senses: Telugu terms with individual senses that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Telugu rustic terms: Telugu terms whose use is typically restricted rural speech.
• Category:Telugu slang: Telugu colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Telugu terms with historical senses: Telugu terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Telugu vulgarities: Telugu terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.