Editing Telugu language (section)

==== Demonstratives ====
There is a wide variety of [[Demonstrative|demonstrative pronouns]] in Telugu, whose forms depend on both proximity to the speaker and the level of formality. The formal demonstratives may also be used as formal personal pronoun, that is, the polite forms for ''this woman'' or ''this man'' and ''that woman'' or ''that man'' can also simply mean ''she'' and ''he'' in more formal contexts''.''

In the singular, there are four levels of formality when speaking about males and females, although the most formal/polite form is the same for both human genders. In both singular and plural, Telugu distinguishes two levels of distance from speaker (like in English), basically ''this and that'', and ''these and those''.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="6" |Singular
|-
! colspan="3" |Proximal
(''close to speaker,'' "this")
! colspan="3" |Distal

(''far from speaker'', "that")
|-
|'''Gender/Formality'''
|'''''Feminine'''''
|'''''Masculine'''''
|'''''Neuter'''''
|'''''Feminine'''''
|'''''Masculine'''''
|'''''Neuter'''''
|-
|'''''very informal'''''
|idi
|vīḍu
| rowspan="4" |idi
|adi
|vāḍu
| rowspan="4" |adi
|-
|'''''informal'''''
|īme
|itanu
|āme
|atanu
|-
|'''''formal'''''
|īviḍa
|īyana
|āviḍa
|āyana
|-
|'''''very formal'''''
| colspan="2" |vīru
| colspan="2" |vāru
|}
In the plural, there are no distinctions between formality levels, but once again masculine and feminine forms are the same, while the neuter demonstratives are different.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="6" |Plural
|-
! colspan="3" |Proximal
(''close to speaker, "these"'')
! colspan="3" |Distal

(''far from speaker'', "those")
|-
|'''''Feminine'''''
|'''''Masculine'''''
|'''''Neuter'''''
|'''''Feminine'''''
|'''''Masculine'''''
|'''''Neuter'''''
|-
| colspan="2" |vīỊỊu/vīru
|ivi
| colspan="2" |vāỊỊu/vāru
|avi
|}