This is a self-teaching textbook for learning Telugu, designed to be used with a language guide or a native speaker of Telugu. The emphasis is placed on speaking rather than on reading or writing. The book opens with a phonetic preface, to introduce the student to the sounds of Telugu. The textbook itself consists of thirty lessons, each divided into conversation, pronunciation notes, grammar notes and drill, a translation drill and a word list of the vocabulary introduced in each lesson. Each lesson deals with a particular point of grammar. The text is followed by a Telugu-English glossary. (CLK)