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he words of the Teloogoo language, formed of the letters treated of in the foregoing pages, are classed by Sanscrit Grammarians under four distinct heads. 1st. దేశ్యము Deshyumoo, or, as it is more emphatically termed, అచ్చదేశ్యము Utsu Deshyumoo, the pure language of the land; 2d. తత్సమము Tutsumumoo, Sanscrit words assuming Teloogoo terminations. 3d. తద్భవము Tudbhuvumoo, Teloogoo corruptions of Sanscrit words, formed by the substitution, the elision, or addition of letters; and 4th. గ్రామ్యము Gramyumoo, Provincial terms, or words peculiar to the vulgar. To these we may also add the అన్యదేశ్యము, Unyu Deshyumoo, or words from other countries, sometimes given as a subdivision of the first Class, and comprizing, according to the definition of ancient writers, words adopted from the dialects current in the Canarese, Mahratta, Guzerat, and Dravida provinces only, but now also including several of Persian, Hindoostanee, and English origin.

In each of the three following Chapters, which treat of substantive-nouns and pronouns, of adjective-nouns and pronouns, and of the verb, the దేశ్యము will be distinguished from the తత్సమము words : but all abservations regarding the తద్భవము and అన్యదేశ్యము words will be found in the Chapter respecting substantives; because the words of the two last mentioned classes consist chiefly of substantives; and the reader, reasoning from analogy, will find it easy to apply the rules given under that head, to adjectives, and verbs.