Telugu

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This page offers basic guidance on typesetting a LaTeX document in the Telugu language using the Telugu script.

Support with ini locale file

Here is a minimal sample file with telugu as the main language (assuming luatex, which is the recommended engine, and babel ≥25.2, although it may work with previous versions).

\documentclass[telugu]{article}

\usepackage{babel}

\babelfont{rm}{Noto Serif Telugu}

\begin{document}

Local name $=$ తెలుగు

Chapter $=$ \chaptername

Today $=$ \today

Digits $=$ \localenumeral{digits}{0123456789}

\end{document}

You may need download the font or replace it with another one in your system.

Calendar

The Indian National Calendar, named indian, is supported (luatex and xetex). Here is an example setting indian as the default calendar for \today.

\documentclass{article}

% Set a fixed day for this example
\year=2026 \month=8 \day=15

\usepackage[telugu, provide={calendar=indian}]{babel}
\babelfont{rm}{Noto Serif Telugu}

\begin{document}

\today

\end{document}

Contribute

If you are a native speaker or have expertise in this language, you can contribute, make suggestions or request enhancements by submitting a pull request, opening an issue, or contacting the Babel maintainer with the link above.